By kaailin - 19/02/2015 13:29 - Australia - Magill

Today, I went to an ATM intending to withdraw $150. I approached the machine, inserted my card, typed in my pin and followed the prompts. When my card came out, I removed it, put it in my pocket and drove off. FML
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kaailin 18

Hi guys, OP here. To clarify, it wasn't a drive through ATM, I walked back to the car before the money came out. Also to those asking how I managed to do such a careless thing - I had just had a stressful day at work on the closing shift so my mind wasn't with it. I'm lucky I have a loving family that can support me until my next pay day. And I hope I just hope the money ended up in hands that needed it more than myself.

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oloofe 22

Well you made some random persons day thats for sure

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matt721 8

Hey what goes around comes around! Maybe you will have some good luck in the future OP

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False_Stupidity 41

Most ATM's in Australia have cameras installed, now i'm not sure if they just take a picture of everyone using the ATM or just the people that enter the wrong PIN several times but its worth checking with the bank that owns the ATM.

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buddy_J 16

My bank atm doesn't give you the card back until you are finished and hit end transaction

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theweasel 16

I thought you could only withdraw multiples of 20 from an ATM. Nvm. Just read this was from Australia :P

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sammii_kna 18

Aww i'm sorry OP, hopefully someone with a kind heard turned it in to the bank. I would have.

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sprints54 19

If the money wasn't removed from the machine in a certain time the machine takes it back

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chef4money 12

I have left my card in the atm at the bank and the atm pulled the card into the machine and the bank gave it back to me. I wonder if some atms do the same with cash or if you are just s.o.l. on the money.

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stolenballoon 5

Not completely related to this, but they must do things differently in Australia. In the United States you can only take out increments of $20.

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buddy_J 16

I live in America. My bank atm can go by 10s

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ChibiChibi_fml 27

That depends on the bank. My bank only allows increments of $20 but my boyfriend's bank allows increments of $10. I've seen a couple of banks that will allow increments of $5 but it seems really uncommon. Below $10 usually seems to be reserved for cash over debit requests but not always.

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