|
We used to get $10 and $20 bills. Then the reality of inflation hit and
now
we get $20 and $50 bills. No, of course the customers weren't consulted. When I was a poor unemployed bum, I would regularly have $19.90 in my account and not be able to access it until Monday morning when the bank opened. A friend of mine had that problem. He had $8 in the bank, wanted to spend $4, but the ATM would only dispense $10s. So, he spent a few moments thinking about the order of operations, pulled out his checkbook, and proceeded to 1. Write himself a check for $2. 2. Deposit said check in the ATM, bringing his balance to $10. 3. Withdrew $10, bringing balance to $0. 4. Spent the $4. 5. Deposited the $6, which after covering the $2 check, left him a balance of $4. A few weeks later, he got a letter from his bank telling him that although they figured out what he did, he had tripped multiple warning alarms in the process, and to please never do that again. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu WPI Network Engineer |
