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Let me share one experience from my banking days. This one still makes me shake my head whenever I remember it.

One afternoon, three young guys walked into the banking hall. Let’s call them A, B and C. A was the account holder. He was visibly angry. According to him, someone had used his ATM card to withdraw money from his account, and he wanted the bank to produce the person immediately.

As expected, tension was high. Voices were raised. Interestingly, one of his friends, Mr. C, was even more aggressive than the account owner. He was shouting the most, accusing the bank of negligence and demanding that we “bring out the thief.”

I calmly told them to relax and assured them that we would investigate properly.

Fortunately, the withdrawal was done on our ATM, which had a functional camera. So I went into the system, checked the transaction details — date, time, terminal ID and other records. From there, I traced the exact transaction and pulled the corresponding footage from the ATM image storage.

Meanwhile, Mr. C was still the loudest in the banking hall.

When the footage finally came up, I turned the screen toward them and said, “This is the person that withdrew the money.”

Guess who it was?

Mr. C — the same person making the most noise.

Immediately, everywhere became quiet.
No more shouting. No more threats. They just looked at each other, muttered a few words, and quietly walked out of the bank.

Now my question is this:

If you were in A’s position, how would you react after discovering that the same friend who followed you to fight was actually the one who caused the problem?

Let’s hear your honest opinions.

This sounds completely fictional, or the guy was just plain brainless. You stole your friend’s ATM card and you couldn’t even take it to a different bank, a distant branch, or a POS point? You still used the same bank?

Besides, it’s hard to find anyone these days who doesn't know that every ATM has a CCTV camera pointed straight at them. I’m guessing he was arrested. Why would anyone be that careless?

It is not fictional. This happened years ago before the era POS.

SpencerForbes:
This sounds completely fictional, or the guy was just plain brainless. You stole your friend’s ATM card and you couldn’t even take it to a different bank, a distant branch, or a POS point? You still used the same bank?

Besides, it’s hard to find anyone these days who doesn't know that every ATM has a CCTV camera pointed straight at them. I’m guessing he was arrested. Why would anyone be that careless?

influenz:
It is not fictional. This happened years ago before the era POS.

Okay now I understand better.

Is Mr C not aware he stole the money