Date:  Tue, 16 Jan 1996 11:32:17 -0600

From:  "Kathleen M. O'Neill" <koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Bank machines



Oops. Meant to send this to the list.



>>  The term "cash station" is commonly used in Chicago. I think it is used

>>both as a trade mark, like Cirrus (?), and a generic term for any ATM

>>machine. Never paid much attention to it, but your question helped me think

>>of this.

>>Sali.

>

>Yeah, I use "cash station" or "ATM" pretty much equally.

>

>But the bane of my financial existence is the MAC machine.

>My New Jersey boyfriend refers to all bank machines as "MACs."

>Which is fine, except that MACs don't seem to like me,

>or my bank card. I guess it's nothing personal, but about

>half of the time they just won't accept my cash card,

>even when they have the little Cirrus or Cash Station symbol.

>Worst of all, my average drops to zero percent when I'm in

>Ohio. Strange, huh? I could get cash out of an ATM in

>Germany, and I can't get it out in Ohio. God bless America.



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