This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
Rage against the machine
This bitch is for you, girl in the green t-shirt. You were waiting to use the bank machine at the Almon Street bank on Sunday afternoon. As I made my transaction, which only took a minute or two, you “Hmm’ed and Hawww’ed” and made yourself look stupid, w
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And while you’re at it…if there’s a line, observe the one-transaction rule. I can’t stand waiting behind people who decide they want to renegotiate their fucking mortgage at the machine, or whatever it is they do that takes so long…
There’s a one-transaction rule? Says who?
I’ve never seen a sign, or heard of any ‘one transaction rule’ at banking machines. When i do my banking at one of those things, i make as many damn transactions as i came to do. Not make one, get back in line..etc. -that’s just fucking rediculous. If you’re in line, you wait until it’s your turn. And i doubt that you, Craven, make your transactions one at a time, scooting to the back of the line after each one to wait until it’s your turn again.
OK, the one-minute rule. Or the common sense rule.
I’ll take as long as I want, thanks. Its my fucking dime. You can hum and hah all you want.