Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Have you done it??????
K,so i went to our nearby town yesterday and i needed some money so that i joined the short queue in front of the SBI ATM. It was actually a short queue having 4 people and the fourth one was me. When i joined the queue there was an old man already in the ATM and the people waiting outside showed their dislike him taking a lot of time. The lady in front of me said that he had been inside for more than five minutes and questioning everybody's patience. Suddenly a young guy who was first in the queue open the door and shouted something,i didn't hear it properly,but he said something like 'you are wasting our time'. I saw this and suddenly burst into laugh and the lady in front asked what happened and i said nothing. The old man took almost one more minute and after that everyone followed the procedures very quickly. All the time, till i was collecting money I got a smile on my face. I also was busy in that day,i wanted to take cash fast and get my bus quickly,but I was calm in front of the ATM and was not ready to show my impatience. In fact i never showed impatience at ATM when wait outside,but just after this incident i understood why I'm always calm at ATM's. And it is the same reason that brought laugh to me. The incident took me to my first encounter in a bank ATM and reminded me that the ATM jokes continues.
It was six years back,during my first or second year of graduation,when I entered an ATM for the first time. I was with my best friend,i never mentioned anybody's name here,but I never called her with a nickname,so no nicknames,and her name is Priya. In one evening,after college we went to the ATM,SBI ATM was near to college and we took a walk. The bank and ATM was near the railway station and we knew the place was always flooded with people to withdraw cash from ATM. I had no idea about cash withdrawal from ATM,it was Priya's first ATM experience too. All the way I prayed to God please leave an empty ATM for us there and we both were very nervous. When reached there we were very happy to see a man in the ATM and nobody waiting outside. And then I read carefully the user's instruction board given outside and tried to memorize them and Priya also did the same. And then for to kill our joy the moment when we entered the ATM a young man came and wait outside,he came by bike and had a helmet in his hand. And seeing by his face anybody could understand he was in a hurry. Inside the ATM we put the card and waited for a few seconds,then we got the first hit,the screen showed 'PLEASE REINSERT THE CARD'. So we obeyed that. But it took a few seconds more,then asked about what's our purpose,so we have to touch the 'banking' option for withdrawal,but that too took a few seconds to read it do it. Next enter the PIN. And entered the amount,the other question that puzzled us was 'from current or savings'. Damn! how do we know that? Well,at the end we went for current account and the screen showed 'YOUR TRANSACTION BEING PROCESSED' and we heard the processing sound. We overjoyed,k,we made some mistakes,but the result is positive. And suddenly the last hit fell on our head,since it was the last it should be hard,and it was. The screen showed 'YOU ENTERED THE WRONG PIN' and I was almost falling aside. I could see the anxious face of the young man waiting outside without looking there and it was all dark in my eyes. We were not only sad but shameful about this,we just couldn't go out without money,it was a matter of proud then. So we decided to do it again.
Then when we started to enter the PIN after inserting card the lad waiting outside opened the door,entered, and shouted 'HAVE YOU DONE IT?' Yes,that's true,I startled for a second,but my reaction time was less so did Priya's. I turned back and said 'NO,..' and really wanted to complete it with 'we haven't' but Priya's voice cut through mine 'YOU PLEASE WAIT OUTSIDE'. We were still panicking,but that helped us then to wind up things quickly,collected cash,got outside,gave the guy a smirky look. We were actually relieved,the result was positive. But we were angry for at least an hour after that,said he had to show some manners,that was illegal to enter the ATM during someone's transaction is processing,he had to wait outside. Then we admitted we took more time than usual,but that didn't allow him to enter at that time. At last everything turned into laugh in the hostel room,we felt all were like joke,we repeated 'have you done it' for a hundred times in that night. And then after whenever walked into the ATM we always stated and laughed 'have you done it?'. I still remember the 'have you done it' guy.
I know,taking somebody's time is an offensive thing,everybody's busy here,but trouble shooting can happen at any time,the first time should be pardoned. Anyway I'm not going yo make hustle at ATMs for the time taken by somebody because i know clearly what can happen inside there....how much one can raise one's own heartbeat inside there...
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