The human today had a very interesting experience. Imagine you come to the ATM, and find that some poor soul has rushed to grab the money so much that they forgot their card in it... Quite odd. Interestingly enough, the first thought was "hmm this is totally insecure - with the card in the ATM - it needs to go out *now*". Then standing with the card you do not own, and figuring out what to do next...
Wait to see if the person comes back ? highly unlikely - the things like this usually go unnoticed until the next time one needs the cash. Destroy the card ? that's not good either... Call the service to stop the card ? Probably a reasonable idea, but unwinding that would involve a bit of legwork for the poor soul with bad memory. Nonetheless, waiting for a few minutes - and indeed no-one showed up...
Luckily the scene was a " booth on bank's premises" - it's common in Brussels to have such a thing - and the closed glass entrance door into the bank was just a couple of meters away.
So - the card went under the door - some 50 cm from it, inside the bank - visible from outside, but practically inaccessible until the bank's staff opens the branch tomorrow. And if the person realizes and comes back - there are chances they will see the card and can pick it up in the morning morning from the bank without too much hassle. Else the bank staff will take care of it. I hope.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
What would you do if you found a card in the ATM ?
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'Booth on the bank premises' is common in the US too and I would do the same thing. If the person wasn't in the area, I'd stick it in the deposit drop box. I'm sure the bank would either contact that person or they'll end up getting a new ATM card anyway.
If it happened to be a stand-alone ATM, I would probably take the card with me. If it belonged to a bank in town, I would drive over and drop it off there. It if ended up being some random company, I'd probably call them up and cancel the card.
I always enjoy trying to return lost objects to their owners, or at least doing the right thing with them. Hopefully they'll feel good knowing there are still people who do the right thing... and then be a little more careful with their things next time.
The only scenario that might arise is that the owner of the card himself might be "evil" and if you personally turn up to them, they could decide to blame you of some (real or not) problems. In the case of the "street" ATM I'd probably just destroy the card.
what a dilemma you are posting here, at first thought and I think it would be normal, I would use the card in the ATM to take some money, but then I would think what if this could happen to me, so I would return the card to the respective bank authorities
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