Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 ATM Statements

By: Tom Hamann

Tom Hamann — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:03:16 +0000

I work at McMurdo Station in Antarctica and the Finance people that work in the winter used to iron the money (20′s only) so that it wouldn’t stick in the machine due to the low humidity…plus the fact that there is only a “set” amount of money that is given to McMurdo by the office in Denver so it must go through the process of going through the store and/or bars/ATM many times before the bills can be “retired”. One ATM is always “down” so that it can be serviced/refilled while the other is operating. A ATM maintenance person comes down every summer from Wells Fargo to maintain the equipment. Lastly, there really is a camera located across the hall, focused on the ATMs…for security reasons.

By: Tru

Tru — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:26:02 +0000

I couldn’t remember what my parents called it when I was younger until I read through these comments. We had Pulse machines everywhere in North Texas.

By: Hypatia

Hypatia — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:04:41 +0000

On the Tyme machine thing, one guy at work was telling me about when he went to California and was looking for an ATM. Some guy approached him and so he asked him, “Excuse me, do you know where I can find a Tyme machine?”

And the guy stared at him and told him, “Man, I was going to mug you…but you crazy!” and he wandered away.

By: Logan

Logan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:03:35 +0000

I grew up in Oklahoma, but didn’t start using ATMs until I went to college in PA. So, I called them MAC machines for years (4 years in college, 7 years in Pittsburgh) until moving to Maryland. Took me a few years to get used to saying ATM, and now I live in NZ!

By: Mama9cats

Mama9cats — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:09:28 +0000

ATM, here in tropical Southern Minnesota; I sometimes also refer to it as ‘Mr. Money’ after a funny short that I saw on HBO or Showtime *many* years ago.

By: Shannon O'Connell

Shannon O'Connell — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:15:13 +0000

I’m a Wilmington, DE girl, and 28. I still call it a MAC machine. So, Thomm, you aren’t old! Yay for Wawa and no fees! I will go out of my way to find a Wawa for cash.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:22:24 +0000

I live in IL, in our area it’s ATM. I started working in Milwaukee almost 3 years ago, the first time one of my co-workers said she needed to go to the Tyme machine I was really confused!!

By: casual_observer

casual_observer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:15:11 +0000

pulse machine/pulse card in houston, tx – i graduated from high school in ’85, if that helps establish a time line.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:34:47 +0000

Ha! “Green Machine”…that’s a blast from the past for me! I think most of the Northeast Ohioans either say ATM or “bank machine”.

In my family, “ATM” stands for “Ask The Mom”. Meaning when low on fundage you “Ask The Mom” for money. This works on mom’s and grandmom’s too.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:36:21 +0000

My dad calls it a Tilly Teller. I think back when they hit our city they had some sort of robot like spokesperson named Tilly and it evolved from there. But the still says it and people, even in the family, have no idea what he means

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