26th
June
2008
Temporarily out of service
Banking machines are one of the better conveniences of the last quarter-century. In fact, they rank right up there with the microwave oven, if you want to rank things by time saved per operation. Usually. Back BC (before children), banks had tellers and lines and no interbranch capability for those of us in the pay envelope class. Cash ruled, and if you ran out you were poor folk, or someone with a chequebook and lots of trusting acquaintences. Now we stand before the altar, make hand signals and wait for a set of almost identical banknotes to deslot.
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