It happens far too often. I find myself waiting behind someone who appears to have never used a cashpoint before. The weird thing is this includes many old people too.
Was waiting for a chap this afternoon, he removed and replaced the same card from the same cashpoint a whopping eight times before walking away with nothing except the card.
My questions are,
Will there ever come a time when the entire population knows how to use cash machines?
Will it ever become part of the national curriculum?
Should there be a "cashpoint competency test" before pensioners are allowed access to their pensions?
I mean it's not difficult at all.
My way of doing things:
From at least 10 metres away I can distinguish the type of cashpoint and perfectly recall the exact button presses I have to input in order to obtain monies from it. (this is all done before even approaching the terminal). I manage to complete the user-input stage within 4-6 seconds of approaching a terminal and cash is obtained within a further 5-10 seconds depending on the processing speed of the particular brand of cash point.
Other peoples apparent way of doing things:
Walk up to cashpoint not knowing what they're doing there or how much cash they need. Push card in having no idea that it will ask for the pin next. Realise you need to enter a pin only because it asked for one. Only start deciding on whether they want a receipt only when it asks. Spend time deciding between £10, 20, 50, 100 when prompted and not have a clue how much money they wanted in the first place. Press cancel because it's asking too many questions. Repeat from start because they remember that they still need cash.
Was waiting for a chap this afternoon, he removed and replaced the same card from the same cashpoint a whopping eight times before walking away with nothing except the card.
My questions are,
Will there ever come a time when the entire population knows how to use cash machines?
Will it ever become part of the national curriculum?
Should there be a "cashpoint competency test" before pensioners are allowed access to their pensions?
I mean it's not difficult at all.
My way of doing things:
From at least 10 metres away I can distinguish the type of cashpoint and perfectly recall the exact button presses I have to input in order to obtain monies from it. (this is all done before even approaching the terminal). I manage to complete the user-input stage within 4-6 seconds of approaching a terminal and cash is obtained within a further 5-10 seconds depending on the processing speed of the particular brand of cash point.
Other peoples apparent way of doing things:
Walk up to cashpoint not knowing what they're doing there or how much cash they need. Push card in having no idea that it will ask for the pin next. Realise you need to enter a pin only because it asked for one. Only start deciding on whether they want a receipt only when it asks. Spend time deciding between £10, 20, 50, 100 when prompted and not have a clue how much money they wanted in the first place. Press cancel because it's asking too many questions. Repeat from start because they remember that they still need cash.
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