There are things that you can do at an ATM that you can’t do at some banks, or will have shorter overall wait times.
You can’t always walk into a small credit union and withdraw money/deposit cash from a bank account with a different institution, but you can do that at their ATMs.
No, it doesn’t. You don’t have enough information to say something like that. Maybe the ATM fees they offer are the cheapest transaction fees in the city, and you are a customer who needs to optimize for transaction fee. Someone with those needs is going to prefer a bank that charges more for services that cost more to provide and offers a price break on services that are not as costly to provide.
You’d think, but my bank is actively becoming hostile towards people walking in.
My debit card literally never works at the ATM, so I just take the 2 minutes to walk in and fill out a withdrawal form. It’s fine for the occasional need for cash.
Last time, they basically told me, in the future were requiring your debit card for security. There isn’t any reason for you to come in.
I try to avoid banks. They generally don’t make my life easier.
Edit: I’ll add that, if tellers direct everyone to the ATM, so much so that the ATM is the only thing people use, then tellers won’t be needed anymore. Thus unemployed.
Short story: when I was working grocery, at the tail end of my tenure was the start of the self-service checkout. The boss wanted us to encourage people to use self service checkouts.
Nobody did, for obvious reasons.
I’m pretty sure the joke is that she was inside the bank, likely talking to… A teller, asking about an automated teller machine.
Just talk to the people inside and ask them to help you. It’s literally their job.
There are things that you can do at an ATM that you can’t do at some banks, or will have shorter overall wait times.
You can’t always walk into a small credit union and withdraw money/deposit cash from a bank account with a different institution, but you can do that at their ATMs.
Some banks literally charge a fee to do the same transaction that is cheaper/free at an ATM from what I’ve heard.
Sounds like a good reason to change banks
No, it doesn’t. You don’t have enough information to say something like that. Maybe the ATM fees they offer are the cheapest transaction fees in the city, and you are a customer who needs to optimize for transaction fee. Someone with those needs is going to prefer a bank that charges more for services that cost more to provide and offers a price break on services that are not as costly to provide.
Really licking the boots of an entity that exists to hold your money while making money off your money.
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You’d think, but my bank is actively becoming hostile towards people walking in.
My debit card literally never works at the ATM, so I just take the 2 minutes to walk in and fill out a withdrawal form. It’s fine for the occasional need for cash.
Last time, they basically told me, in the future were requiring your debit card for security. There isn’t any reason for you to come in.
I would counter that with: “if you’d give me a debit card that worked, I wouldn’t have to”
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Last time i talked to a teller, he walked me to a machine and explained me how it worked.
Apparently that person wants to be unemployed.
Apparently you don’t do a lot of banking.
I try to avoid banks. They generally don’t make my life easier.
Edit: I’ll add that, if tellers direct everyone to the ATM, so much so that the ATM is the only thing people use, then tellers won’t be needed anymore. Thus unemployed.
Short story: when I was working grocery, at the tail end of my tenure was the start of the self-service checkout. The boss wanted us to encourage people to use self service checkouts. Nobody did, for obvious reasons.