ATM Rage

For a long time I've been meaning to do a post about Japanese ATMs. I guess if you don't know any better they are okay, but coming from the land of the 24 hour walk up, they are really hard to handle. As you may have guessed from that last sentence they are not available all day, every day. They work banker's hours. They are actually treated better than bank employees. On top of limited access, they charge fees for going in the evening or on the weekend.

My disdain of them has been building for quite some time, but today I was set off when, after dropping Colleen off for work, I found out they also charge you for showing up TOO EARLY to the ATM. They open at eight o'clock, but free access doesn't start until nine. I guess what I'm trying to say is they take the TELLER part of ATM way too seriously and I hate them.