Why Do You Still Count Your Money After ATM Has Dispensed?

I have seen most people count their money after the ATM machine has dispensed their cash. Is it that the machine can make mistakes even though such as not be recorded.air your view.

only illiterates do so . . if u really understand how an ATM works, then you would be wasting ur energy counting,
the machine has a sensor that pushes each bill into the dispatch tray, one bill at a time
another infra-red sensor scans each bill for thickness. this means if two bills are stuck together, it would not come out
rather it would pass into a reject bin. any bill that is badly torn is also passed into the reject bin
it does this so perfectly, it could never go wrong.
the only mistake an ATM could do, is debiting your account without paying
and it's not the machine's fault. it's caused by a timeout in network while transmitting banking messages from the machine to the relay server.

Sometimes some of the money gets stuck in the "dispenser"...as in the money will come out but a piece of it will be in the atm. And you can easily forget grabbing it. For me, I count my money ohhh...dont want to hear stories about my money after hustling all day and all night for

mxxpunkxx!:
only illiterates do so . . if u really understand how an ATM works, then you would be wasting ur energy counting,
the machine has a sensor that pushes each bill into the dispatch tray, one bill at a time
another infra-red sensor scans each bill for thickness. this means if two bills are stuck together, it would not come out
rather it would pass into a reject bin. any bill that is badly torn is also passed into the reject bin
it does this so perfectly, it could never go wrong.
the only mistake an ATM could do, is debiting your account without paying
and it's not the machine's fault. it's caused by a timeout in network while transmitting banking messages from the machine to the relay server.

This is Nija, anything is possible.

I count my money too ;p. Partly because i've seen a friend get shortpaid cos d service was interrupted, and partly because it has become a part of me. It's more like a reflex action actually..

na naija we dey no be europe,u never can tell wetin naija atm fit do.

na nigeria be this you have to be absolutely sure of your money,afterall even computers make mistakes.

Well...i do so often just to see if d machine fit overpay me...lol

just last week in the uk,an atm paid people double the amount the requested,if such mistakes can happen in a uk atm,how do you expect me to trust the nigerian atms

mxxpunkxx!:
only illiterates do so . . if u really understand how an ATM works, then you would be wasting ur energy counting,
the machine has a sensor that pushes each bill into the dispatch tray, one bill at a time
another infra-red sensor scans each bill for thickness. this means if two bills are stuck together, it would not come out
rather it would pass into a reject bin. any bill that is badly torn is also passed into the reject bin
it does this so perfectly, it could never go wrong.
the only mistake an ATM could do, is debiting your account without paying
and it's not the machine's fault. it's caused by a timeout in network while transmitting banking messages from the machine to the relay server.

ATM is a computer, hence it is bound to make errors, count uR monEy for confirmation
is not illiterate is wiseness SIMPLE

ebamma: na naija we dey no be europe,u never can tell wetin naija atm fit do.

Let's continue to hold ATM machines as being 100% perfect as regards money counting so far nobody, even here in Naija, has ever claimed incompleteness of the money dispensed by an ATM. If anybody has ever experienced such, let us know. Until then, we hold on to the view that ATMs are perfect money counters.

The only fault from ATM will debt you without paying you. That's network problem
And it can also pay if you not patient after rejected your card.

Ignoramus!! It is better to count. Nothing like ATM doesnt make mistake. Sometimes, when it pays with both 500 and 1000 notes,there can be mix-up and you are shortipaid. I have seen it happen. Na you know! Mafi itiju karun!

I mean it's only commonsensical to do so. This is Nigeria, were nothing works and everything goes. Surely, it is reasonable to be doubly sure that your cash is in order after the machine dispenses. . .forget theoretical assumptions about how 'fool-proof' the ATM technology is in that regard.

I do so too.... Betta to be sure, dan tell stories later.

Besides, our ATMs in naija can dispense torn and unusable notes.

How i go dey count money in front ATM.
Even if e no complete who u wan complain to?

Yeah...I aint trust nobody in my country even machines

Not only do I count it, I try as much as possible to check each note and also verify that my ATM card is still in one piece!

Anything installed in nija can malfunction o,better count your while your still there.

zumarock8:

ATM is a computer, hence it is bound to make errors, count uR monEy for confirmation
is not illiterate is wiseness SIMPLE

If we all share your kind of mindset, we'll all check soft drinks for dirts after buying them before drinking them, we'll all request to see how neat Mr Biggs kitchens are before buying from them, we'll all check that each page of a brand new dictionary is intact before leaving the bookshop, in fact, when we receive a delivery report after sending a text message, we'll still call the recipients to confirm, when our car fuel meters indicate low fuel, we'll still dip a long tiny stick in the tank to confirm...
Stop thinking like the early man!

You can complain to bank and they will verify how true is it
Because bankers also know that anythin can happen with ATM machine
Because its working with network.

afolabom:
How i go dey count money in front ATM.
Even if e no complete who u wan complain to?

olaniyi .o:
.seun please front page.

and it was done.
The silly topic made the front page

Do not believe those people claiming that ATM cannot make mistakes. I tried to collect 160 pounds from Halifax machine in London, the machine gave me 80 pounds and debited 160. Luckily the bank was open, I went in and they corrected the error

Humanbeings makes mistake, these machines are built by humanbeings and definitely there is a possibility of an error along the line. Take for example the money counter used in banks to count money, if the money is not arranged properly there is every possibility that two or more notes can stick together and be counted as one. There only issue with ATM is how do you want to complain that you did not get the whole pack should incase if anything happen

For me de question is...even if its not complete, what do u think you can do.
I just don't count mine!!!

I count mine cos I have been short changed when the atm paid me and there was like 500 naira note in blw my 1000 naira note.

Why is this on the front page now?

Ekans: Anything installed in nija can malfunction o,better count your while your still there.

True.
I have gotten more money than I requested from an ATM before. It wasn't much, just an extra 500naira note. If you can count the money you should do so, machines are not perfect.

I do count because i've seen one who typed in 4000 naira and got 3200 in return

its just natural for one to count his money,to me i don't think its wrong.sensor can fail

i still count while i have enough time to while away but i don't count on a busy day i just grab and pocket it..

I think its advisable to count your money cos there may av been an error and mix up while (the bank staffs) selected the denominations to be used by the machine, eg. Mixing a #500 note in a tray that's meant 4 #1000 notes