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Tuesday, December 03, 2002



Punching in the PIN number at the ATM machine


Having used up most of my cash on a Papa John's pizza Monday night, I had occasion this morning to use the drive-through ATM that's conveniently along my route to work. When I turned around the corner, I was surprised to see that the ATM user in front of me was completely out of his car, standing in the driveway, between his car and the machine, to complete his ATM transaction.

First of all, this kind of disproves the stereotype that Californians don't like to get out of their cars. But also, given that I've heard tell of banks ordering bicycle riders to not use the drive-through ATMs, I wonder how this would have gone over if the bank had been open at the time, or if there was any way to see this particular ATM from inside this particular bank in the first place. (I assume there's a security camera or two somewhere, but who knows who's watching the feed and where they're located.)

Now, I couldn't tell whether the problem was that this guy had pulled up too far away from the ATM and didn't feel like putting his car into reverse and trying again or leaning way out the window, or if he didn't want to have to take what must be a walk of almost 20 feet to the walk-up ATMs from the closest (legal) parking space.




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