# I pit the people at drive-up ATMs who... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714 "2014-02-07T01:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714/81 "2014-02-12T01:54:26Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Thank you for your concern! Swiping while waiting will allow the machine to get the approval from the credit card company, saving even more time. Plus, you can swipe, press a few buttons, and put your card away and help with the bagging. So when you say “saving even more time” we’re still talking around 5 seconds right? I guess I’m gifted because I can get my card out and still help bag groceries before swiping. > [@](#): > > Anyway, you know what really gets on my nerves? People who don’t multi-quote, and reply multiple times in a row to the same thread. Yeah, because the way I do it creates so much more reading doesn’t it Mr Fussypants? > [@](#): > > So, what’s the theory about the OP? Sock? I believe I’ve already said. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714/82 "2014-02-12T03:39:08Z")
> [@Desert\_Dumpster](#): > > Having completed their stupid fucking transactions, fiddle with their wallets, stuff everything back in, rearrange their makeup, check their phones, etc. and THEN AND ONLY THEN MOVE FORWARD SO THAT I CAN USE THE MOTHERFUCKING ATM when they could have grabbed their money and card and rolled forward ten feet, THEN performed their rituals. > > Thoughtless assholes!!! Worthless scum!!! Die! Die! Die! :mad::mad::mad: > > You know, this is supposed to be a conduit for catharsis, but I don’t feel all that much better. Maybe next time, I’ll just grab my .38 and empty six shots into the guy’s trunk. I know who you are! You are the helper they sent with me to deliver goods in the city and, every time we got slowed down in traffic, you spent half your day reaching over to honk the horn while yelling profanities to the people in front of us. Were you surprised when I kicked you out in the middle of the East Side and told you to walk home? I learned later about your cocaine addiction, I just thought you were crazy. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714/83 "2014-02-12T03:44:26Z")
> [@cosmosdan](#): > > Now this is different than standing there card in hand waiting for the total. It only takes a couple of seconds to swipe card , cash back, accept total. > I try extra hard to be patient with the elderly since I’m headed there soon. Still when an old lady waited until her large order was totaled to start reaching in her purse, and then pulled out a checkbook, I bit my lip. Boy, that’s so hard, but I do the same thing for the same reason. My husband, who almost as old as dirt, always has his card swiped and is loading bags before the checker is finished. He says that he doesn’t have much time left and he doesn’t want to waste it standing around at a cash register. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714/84 "2014-02-12T06:38:00Z")
What’s worse than someone who leaves a receipt in the ATM? Someone who leaves their receipt in the ATM when there is a trash can nearby. What’s worse than someone who leaves their receipt in the ATM when there’s a trashcan nearby? Someone who leaves their receipt in the ATM when there is a trashcan nearby and an option not to print the receipt. What’s worse than someone who leaves their receipt in the ATM when there is a trashcan nearby and an option not to print the receipt? Nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714/85 "2014-02-12T07:18:38Z")
Goofus sits in front of the ATM, arranging his receipts and blocking those waiting behind him. Gallant completes his transaction and moves out of the way so that the people behind him can start their transactions. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714/86 "2014-02-12T20:45:14Z")
Pretty much. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714/87 "2014-02-12T20:58:29Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > What’s worse than someone who leaves a receipt in the ATM? Someone who leaves their receipt in the ATM when there is a trash can nearby. What’s worse than someone who leaves their receipt in the ATM when there’s a trashcan nearby? Someone who leaves their receipt in the ATM when there is a trashcan nearby and an option not to print the receipt. What’s worse than someone who leaves their receipt in the ATM when there is a trashcan nearby and an option not to print the receipt? Nothing. Someone who throws the receipt on the ground? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714.md?page=4)