Queue at cashing out at ATM

Latest ATM Procedure

Ever get into a queue, trying to cash out from your ATM and wait and wait and wait to move on, and to find out that it is the lady at the front that is slowing things down. Ever wonder why? It’s time that we learned of the women’s routine, the so-called bad habits that they unknowingly behave that cause the world around them to slow down. Maybe, I should say that it is not only the women that has this problem, to be fair, the man has it too. I am sure you would have encounter similar frustrations, having to queue and wait over someone else, taking their own sweet time, ignoring that there are others being held back. Such is the waste of time, productivity. I am sure this applies to any of us.

Take the scenario of you lining up to move up to the ATM machines to make your withdrawal and finding yourself behind some ladies. How long the queue will be, and how much of time is lost.

Well at least, this following joke and observation tells a lot of a new ATM Withdrawal Procedure comes out of a study as follows;

New ATM Withdrawal Procedure

A sign n the Bank Lobby reads, “Please note that that this bank is installing new Drive-through teller machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts. After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE procedures have been developed. Please follow the appropriate signs for your gender"

MALE PROCEDURE

1. Drive up to the cash machine
2. Put down your car window
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt
6. Drive-off
7.
FEMALE PROCEDURE

1 Drive up to the cash machine
2 Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window
with the machine
3 Set parking brake, put the window down
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up
6. Attempt to insert card
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its
excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert Card
9. Re-insert card the right way
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the
inside back page.
11 Enter PIN
12 Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN
13. Enter amount of cash required
14. Check makeup, in rear view mirror
15. Retrieve cash and receipt
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside
17. Write debit amount – in check register and place receipt in
back of checkbook.
18. Re-check wakeup
19. Drive forward 2 feet
20. Reverse back to cash machine
21 Retrieve card
22. Re-empty handbag, locate cardholder, and pace card into the
slot provided
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you
24. Restart stalled engine and pull-off
25 Redial person on cell phone
26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles
27. Release parking brake

End of Procedure

Well, while I may agree that there are some man who does adopt the Female procedure, by and large, the majority of the ladies do fall under this category. It may amaze you that the next time round you follow behind someone queuing for an ATM or for that matter queuing up for anything else, to observe and see the number of steps that are really unnecessary, and are holding up the rest behind the line.

Posted by
Ivan