Community Chat

[sunshine45]

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@icezeus wrote:

I would have done the same thing. It's not like he could not have visited a grocery store and obtained cash back, or was there a drive through option that he could have utilized? There are dozens of ways for consumers to access their money nowadays. I believe that there was a reason why his card would not let him access the vestibule. 

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i often have problems with my magnetic strip on my ATM card. it gets scratched pretty easily and doesnt work well. not EVERYTHING is nefarious.

i never to go the grocery store to get cash back. the ATMs there charge you extra if it is not affiliated with your bank OR if you are getting cash back at the checkout, there is a limit.

[shaggygirl]

In a large shopping strip parking lot a few min from where I live my bank has an ATM in it's own little building, about the size of a small shed. It just stands alone there in the parking lot, all glass on 3 sides and you have to exit your car and walk into it, also needing your card to open the door to get in there. The few times I've used that particular one, anyone who walked up to it after me waited till I exited, and I have held the door for them. But my point is I've never had anyone try to open the door with their card while I was still at the machine nor have I ever done that myself. If someone is already in there I wait till they come out. It's a privacy thing.

If the driveup one I usually use is out of cash and I have to go to the outside one right at my bank (no vestibule) if I'm using it and someone else comes up they usually stay quite a ways behind me and turn the other way and I do the same. It's just a courtesy that so far I've always extended and been extended in return. Again, it's a privacy thing.

[ALRATIBA]

I would have done the same thing you did!

If his card wouldn't open the door .... it probably won't allow him ATM access.

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ETA:  Some months back, our apt. management office offered a "personal safety" session by former NYPD  officers

It was emphasized - don't hold security doors open on  your way out - or hold it open for anyone behind you on  your way in.

While you yourself might not be in danger .... others may be.

[kaydee50]

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@ALRATIBA wrote:

I would have done the same thing you did!

If his card wouldn't open the door .... it probably won't allow him ATM access.

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ETA:  Some months back, our apt. management office offered a "personal safety" session by former NYPD  officers

It was emphasized - don't hold security doors open on  your way out - or hold it open for anyone behind you on  your way in.

While you yourself might not be in danger .... others may be.

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THANK YOU!!  I kind of felt bad for him but securty measures are there for a purpose, IMO, and to circumvent them is stupid if not dangerous.

We both live in big cities so maybe we're more aware of the danger than those who live in more rural areas.

[Sweetbay magnolia]

I think you did the right thing.

That said, I rarely use the ATM and I have been known to flub how to  insert the card.

[Tinkrbl44]

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@kaydee50 wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@kaydee50 wrote:

Got money today at a Citibank ATM.  You need the debit card to open the door to get to the machines.   While I was getting cash, a man was trying to use his card to get in and could not.  When I left I made sure the door closed behind me so that he could not get in.  

He said  "thanks a lot" but although I kind of felt bad, I will not allow access on my card.

What would you have done??

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I would have kept the door open so he could get in.

Your card was no longer in the ATM, so you would not have any reason to worry about his gaining access to your account.

This happens all the time around here. The bank is closed and you get cash in the vestibule of the bank at the ATM. I have given access on my card to people who have issues with getting the door to open. Not everyone has the same level of dexterity.

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WOW! I would never do that.  How about if he/she performed some criminal activity and you could be held accountable??  No way would I have done that!

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@kaydee50 

Why would you think you could possibly be "held accountable" for some strangers actions?   What would the charge be?  Politely holding the door?  Is politeness now a crime in your state?

[pigletsmom]

I would have held the door. The only one I use that's inside I tend to screw up getting the door open. For some reason the magnetic strip goes to the left side when you put it in which seems opposite of what I would think. And I think the little drawing above the spot makes you think it would go to the right.

Let's face it any time of day when the bank is open he could walk in. Having worked for a bank I think that it's more for the customer's security while you're in there. I do think it's a little obnoxious when people go in while you're in there after hours. I always wait outside but of course that probably makes me look nefarious too.

[chickenbutt]

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@shaggygirl wrote:

In a large shopping strip parking lot a few min from where I live my bank has an ATM in it's own little building, about the size of a small shed. It just stands alone there in the parking lot, all glass on 3 sides and you have to exit your car and walk into it, also needing your card to open the door to get in there. The few times I've used that particular one, anyone who walked up to it after me waited till I exited, and I have held the door for them. But my point is I've never had anyone try to open the door with their card while I was still at the machine nor have I ever done that myself. If someone is already in there I wait till they come out. It's a privacy thing.

If the driveup one I usually use is out of cash and I have to go to the outside one right at my bank (no vestibule) if I'm using it and someone else comes up they usually stay quite a ways behind me and turn the other way and I do the same. It's just a courtesy that so far I've always extended and been extended in return. Again, it's a privacy thing.

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I've not seen this type of set up, but your post made me think that maybe it's set up so that if somebody is already in there, maybe nobody's card will work until that person leaves (?).

If not, I think I would be worried having others in there while I do my banking.    Maybe it just gives people that choice, after the bank is closed, so they don't have to worry about getting rolled or worse.

Or, it's possible I have no clue since my bank doesn't have this (that I know of - maybe something has changed, but I don't really go out at night anymore).

[chickenbutt]

As to the responsibility thing, if a crime is committed, I can kind of see that.  If you (generically speaking) use your card to access, then let somebody else in and they commit a crime, when they check the data and see that the person who entered was you, then it could look like you did it - maybe? 

[sunshine45]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

As to the responsibility thing, if a crime is committed, I can kind of see that.  If you (generically speaking) use your card to access, then let somebody else in and they commit a crime, when they check the data and see that the person who entered was you, then it could look like you did it - maybe? 

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not really.....there are cameras in the area.....inside, outside, and directly on the ATM. the recordings will see anyone that is in there, no matter how they entered.