My parents gas meter was in an awkward position - close to the floor in the downstairs loo. Dad made a stick with a couple of mirrors positioned so that the display was readable from a more useful angle - needs 2 mirrors to get the image the right way up (look up Pentax viewfinder for an illustration).I’ve practically dislocated my neck and back trying to take readings from the old smart meters in the most awkward to get at position in the understairs cupboard.
He also made a stick with a magnifying glass and small torch for reading the water meter down in the bottom of the hole.
One of the obsessive types - read the meters every week, put the reading in a small note book, and plotted graphs for each years using translucent graph paper to allow overlaying of different years.