The Helping Hand

It has always been my contention, ever since the introduction of these ATM machines, that inside each of them there is a man. A man who checks out your card, counts out the required number of crisp new notes and passes them out through the slot. Until today I could never prove this however. Now, for all of you out there, here is the living proof. Absolutely no Photoshop trickery involved. This is a straight shot.

Funny thing is, this machine is an Ulster Bank outlet. Ulster Bank is part of the Royal Bank of Scotland chain and they have been having terrible trouble with their entire system ever since some absolute genius decided that it was time to update their computers with a patch nearly two weeks ago. The result has been an almost total meltdown of the system. Ireland being the last link in the chain, we will be the last ones to get back to normal again. One of my workmates has his account with this stupid bank. He hasn't had any pay credited to his account fot two whole weeks.

This ATM is outside Bray railway station. On my way to Dublin today I noticed that the glass on the machine was smashed into a pulp. On the way back a few hours later the little man inside the machine was putting in a new window. I wonder how long it will be before an irate customer lobs another rock at it !!