11.11.07
Out of Service? What does that mean?!?!
So, this morning I needed to stop by the ATM to pick up some dough. I walk to the bank and I see that there are four ATM’s with one of them having one guy using it, and one guy lined up behind him. Odd…there must be something wrong with the other machines. I walk up to the first one and see a bilingual “Out of Service” sign on it. Hm…okay, I walk past the two guys and check out the other two machines. Same thing. Ahh..that’s why. So I go and line up behind the guy.
A minute later, another guy (Guy B) walks in. He notices that there is one ATM with one guy using it and two people lined up behind him. But why, the guy must think. He goes up to the first machine. Out of service. Okay, walks past us and goes to machine 3, out of service. Hm….goes to the fourth machine. Out of service. But wait, you thought he was going to head over and line up, right? Well, of course not. I’m talking about him ain’t it? Obviously, he’s not going to line up behind us. He looks at the sign very carefully. You can tell by the look on his face that he’s questioning the sign. The sign has OBVIOUSLY gotta be lying to him. I mean, 3 of 4 machines are out of service?! Someone’s gotta be playing a joke, right? So he takes out his card and he sticks it into the machine. It TAKES it! AH HA! So someone was playing a cruel prank! Those bastards. He punches in his PIN. Wait a minute….what does this mean? Out of service? Why would it say that?! Grrr…the machine spits back out his card, and he takes it. With a look of defeat, he lines up behind me.
Two minutes later after that, another guy (Mr. Cool) walks in. Mr. Cool here doesn’t even bother looking at us. He walks straight up to the first machine and pulls out his ATM card. He tries to stick it into the machine…it won’t take it. “Hm…maybe I have it reversed,” Mr. Cool thinks. So he flips it around and tries again. It’s still not taking it. Stupid machine. Shoves a little harder…still won’t take it. “Well, fine you fag! Don’t take my card, I’ll go somewhere else.” Mr. Cool thinks obnoxiously. He walks past the now two guys in line and goes to machine two. Again, he tries his card. Again, it won’t take it. Amazingly, AGAIN he thinks he has it flipped around and flips it over and tries again. ” Damnit! It still won’t take it!” He shoves harder.
By now, you can see Guy B watching Mr. Cool. You can tell that he sees this guy shoving his card into the machine and he’s starting to second guess it. Yes, he’s second guessing again. Those damn signs have got to be lying! Why else would Mr. Cool be trying to use the machines. He steps out of line and goes back to ATM 4 again. Again he puts his card in. It takes it. “I knew it! Lies! Those signs are LYING!” Again he punches in the PIN. It spits the card back out. “Perhaps I mistyped it?” He sticks the card back in.
By now, I have finished pulling my cash out. I’m outta here and just can’t figure it out…can you figure out what I was thinking when I left the bank?
I was thinking….
THOSE SIGNS HAS GOT TO BE LYING!!!