Ten minutes...

[El Pollo Guerrera]

One of the banks in town has a change machine now. I know that they are probably everywhere else now, but where I live it takes a while for new things to get here. Brand new movies show up about two weeks after they debut.

Anyways, I'm waiting in line with a TON of other people and a guy walks up to the change machine with a bucket of change. So, bored with looking at the back of the head of the person in front of me, I watch the machine.

There's two buttons on the front. The screen reads "Please push 'A' for english or 'B' for french". The guy pushes 'A'.

The screen reads "If you have an account with [this bank], you will not be charged for using this machine. If you do not have an account with [this bank], you will be charged a 10% fee for using this machine. Push 'A' to accept these terms or 'B' to cancel this transaction."

The guy pushes 'B'.

So, the machine goes back to the first screen.

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So the guy starts again, push 'A' for english, push 'B' to cancel.

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And he does this for TEN BLOODY MINUTES!!!

Then he FINALLY gets frustrated and goes to the front counter for help in using the machine. The teller walks up to the machine, pushes 'A' for english, then asks the guy if he has an account with the bank. "Of course I do! What kind of a stupid question is that?" is his answer. She pushes 'A' and the machine starts whirring as she starts pouring the change into the bin.

Yes, I (or another in the line) could have helped, but it was more entertaining watching him try to figure it out (besides, I knew the guy, he's a bit of a jerk whenever I have to deal with him...).

It took him TEN MINUTES to figure out how to use a machine with TWO BUTTONS! And he needed help!



Stay in school, kids!

[teh_blumchenkinder]

lolwut?

this makes scholarcat cry.

[MoonCat]

This makes MoonCat laugh, because it's so damn typical. Why read the instructions and follow them, when you can waste ten minutes and work up a good fit of frustration? Not to mention holding up everyone else in line.

[Ironclad Alibi]

The screen reads "If you have an account with [this bank], you will not be charged for using this machine. If you do not have an account with [this bank], you will be charged a 10% fee for using this machine. Push 'A' to accept these terms or 'B' to cancel this transaction."

I'm guessing he read the part that said "fee" and cancelled. Had the first said, "If you have an account with [this bank], using this machine is free," he would have been OK. Just goes to prove people don't read.

[caitsith2]

I'm guessing he read the part that said "fee" and cancelled. Had the first said, "If you have an account with [this bank], using this machine is free," he would have been OK. Just goes to prove people don't read.

And if the machine had said "If you have an account with [this bank], using this machine is free", you would then end up with an SC that doesn't read, and doesn't have an account with [this bank]. Can't win either way.

[Andara Bledin]

With the way idiots can be, the machine needs the second screen to say: "Do you have an account with this bank. A) Yes B)No

Then, if they press B for the second one, it then brings up the fee.

^-.-^

[chainedbarista]

i'm also laughing at him; simple directions and he failed at those.

[ThirdGenRetail]

With the way idiots can be, the machine needs the second screen to say: "Do you have an account with this bank. A) Yes B)No

Then, if they press B for the second one, it then brings up the fee.

^-.-^

You know there'd still be SCs complaining...

[bhskittykatt]

I used to have a post-it note behind the desk at work that would have the current record number of seconds it took someone to figure out our ice machine. (You push a button to fill the hopper with more ice. There are explicitly detailed instructions on how to do this, yet I constantly hear people just beating on the hopper over and over again. I'd count how long it took them to discover the button or ask me for help.) One of my CW's took it down. I think it was only up to a couple minutes though.

With the way idiots can be, the machine needs the second screen to say: "Do you have an account with this bank. A) Yes B)No

Then, if they press B for the second one, it then brings up the fee.

I was thinking that exact same thing. Of course, that would probably just bring out the even bigger idiots...

[MoonCat]

Also, the machine should know that he has an account there! He's a regular customer! In fact, he's their most important customer!! He isn't treated with the respect he deserves! He should now get all his checking for free, plus the bank should be named after him!

[Andara Bledin]

You know there'd still be SCs complaining...

Of course, that would probably just bring out the even bigger idiots...

Oh, I know the idiots will still complain and over even stupider stuff, but it would cut out a fairly good portion of them.

^-.-^