I don’t have the energy to muster the outrage for this - so I just put this here. I just forgotten to take my rent money which I have drawn from the ATM
Down in Singapore the bank I am using have two ATMs - One is the standard type with which you can conduct numerous (legal) activities with your money. When you draw money, the cash pops out first - after when you take the cash, then your ATM card pops out. If you forgot (somehow) to take the cash, the ATM will beep at you.
The other type is the “FastCash” type - which you can only draw money. For some crazy reasons, they decide to pop card out first, display “transaction success” then the cash.
I rarely used the FastCash type; so when my card pops out along with the success message, I leave. No beeping of any sort alerted me. I only had 4 hours of sleep and it has been a long day.
I left $350 behind.
The last it happens, it was just $20. I called up the bank and the investigation was negative. I let it go.
But it’s $350 this time.
I have enough savings for 2 more months of rent before I leave conscripted national service to start work. My allowance is just $490. I now only have one month rent worth of money left in my savings. I really hope that the ATM sucks back the money or some honest person turns it in.
Because it is $350 this time.
That is like 90% of my monthly allowance.
The guy at the phone said it takes a ‘few minutes’ for the money to suck back. My friend assures me that no one would take the money because there’s a security camera. However, last time when I leave $20 at the machine, they never found anything. And it’s a few minutes. Anyone could come up to the machine, keeps their head down, grab the money and go.
And it’s $350 this time.
I hate myself, the world and everything that dwells in it.
Especially that stupid ATM design.
That reminds me - I’m already out of money for lunch.