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  • 09-06-2008 4:45pm
    #1
    The Bollox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭


    I fell into silent convulsions on Saturday night while standing at the ATM where I overheard the girl ahead of me muttering "thanks" to the machine as she took her money. it's not the first time I have seen such strange behaviour, a while ago while working in an off-licence I had one customer who would always thank the cigarette machine when he got his fags.

    Ok, fair enough, I know some people can have manners beaten into them, I know I was, but I don't thank inanimate objects. I mean wtf!

    has anyone else seen this, or does anyone else do this?


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    #2
    LovelyTom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 662 ✭✭✭LovelyTom


    I've never seen anyone thank a machine but there's an old woman on my road who leaves a thank you letter to the bin men every friday morning :D


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    Seonad
    Registered Users Posts: 171 ✭✭Seonad


    Oh:(
    I thought this thread was going to be about machines that thanked you..."How nice", I thought:rolleyes:

    No real experience of it, unless you count my friend who tripped over a dog on the street and then apologised to it:p


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    The Bollox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭The Bollox


    that's fair enough. I never tried it, but I can't imagine being a bin man as being a walk in the park


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Well, I've know to swear at them so I guess the odd "thanks" might balance my karma again :pac:


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    You just wait until that ATM becomes sentient and won't give you your money without you saying please.


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    Seonad wrote: »
    Oh:(
    I thought this thread was going to be about machines that thanked you..."How nice", I thought:rolleyes:

    So did I :(

    When that woman goes to an ATM that doesn't have 10's or 20's in it, I can guarantee she thanking the bloody thing!!She'll be saying something else entirely, so she will...


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    #8
    Jigsaw
    Registered Users Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭Jigsaw


    Well the machines thank us for using them, so surely there can be no harm in us thanking them for providing us with a useful service.


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    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    I've had to stop myself from thanking the ATM out loud a few times. I don't care though, I'd rather be known to have too good manners (if possible) than to be known for a lack of manners.


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    #10
    Pen1987
    Closed Accounts Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Pen1987


    hold on... theres not a little person behind the screen who hands out money when you press the buttons? fvck, there goes my life ambition.


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    #11
    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    I'd view it as strange if I saw it.


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    CtrlSource
    Registered Users Posts: 825 ✭✭✭CtrlSource


    i have yet to show any appreciation to an ATM, but i have thanked people when i've thought they were about to hold a door and then they haven't. And i've thanked people just as i thought they were about to get out of my way and they haven't!

    Guess i'm just an optimist :rolleyes:


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    Rhyme
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 8,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rhyme


    If my mind is elsewhere i sometimes mumble "thanks" to an ATM.


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    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,715 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Seonad wrote: »
    I thought this thread was going to be about machines that thanked you..."How nice", I thought
    square_igloo wrote: »
    So did I

    Thirded.

    OP don't you dare come back here until you've invented some sort of automated thanking device. Time is money!


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    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,846 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Well I thought this thread was going to be about a computer dedicated to thanking every post made on boards. Sadly not though, it is about strange people who thank machines. I curse at them at times though, that is far more rational.


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    flanum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭flanum


    Seonad wrote: »


    No real experience of it, unless you count my friend who tripped over a dog on the street and then apologised to it:p

    heh, lollers!

    yep ive said thanks a couple of times to atms, then walked away after realising, finding my face getting red, and cursing loudly to myself while laughing
    :eek:

    Ive also knocked on a door on my way OUT of an interview with nervousness!:o


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    stink_fist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 125 ✭✭stink_fist


    Thank this :p

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXWBQkkor68


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    ziggy
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    Steve_o
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    flanum wrote: »
    Ive also knocked on a door on my way OUT of an interview with nervousness!:o

    lol, i've done this myself... can't say i've ever thanked a bank machine tho, i've seen drunk people thanking cigarette machines on the odd occasion!


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    Theta
    Registered Users Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Sometimes I thank people for things i did for them. Its a habit from working in a shop for to long. Say if someone asked me for directions and I gave them and they said thanks ill say thanks too, it makes no sense.


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    zuutroy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭zuutroy


    Seonad wrote: »
    No real experience of it, unless you count my friend who tripped over a dog on the street and then apologised to it:p

    Ah yes, the old LOL in work moment...thank you :pac:

    I've thanked vending machines on occasion..luckily no one around to see it.


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    junior_apollo
    Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭junior_apollo


    Pen1987 wrote: »
    hold on... theres not a little person behind the screen who hands out money when you press the buttons? fvck, there goes my life ambition.


    IT IS A JOB! :eek:

    I've seen it in japan!... teeheehee


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    Kold
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    I'm more likely to shout "F*CK YOU ATM!!!!" at it.


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    #24
    The Bollox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭The Bollox


    irlmarc wrote: »
    Sometimes I thank people for things i did for them. Its a habit from working in a shop for to long. Say if someone asked me for directions and I gave them and they said thanks ill say thanks too, it makes no sense.

    I have a habit of doing that aswell :/


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    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Years ago, an elderly neighbour was in our kitchen, and he was wondering what the weather would be like for the next week as he was planing to cut the hay.
    I called Weatherdial, and handed him the phone.
    He proceeded to have a conversation with the recorded message, which was quite long, as it was the long range farming forecast.
    My brother and I had great difficulty containing our growing hysteria as he solemnly intoned "yes", "right", "okay", etc, finishing with a polite "thank you, you've been very helpful" at the end.
    We had to write the number down for him, so that he could call it from home in future; we often wondered if he ever figured out he wasn't talking to a live human. :D


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    #26
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    We will all be minding our p's and q's when the machines rise up against us and become our evil overlords.


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    #27
    elmolesto
    Registered Users Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭elmolesto


    How can you thank a machine?


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    #28
    [Deleted User]
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    I've thanked ATMs on many occasions. I've also thanked the machines that print out train/bus tickets.

    Laugh now, but I'd rather be on their good side when machines take over.


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    #29
    The Bollox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭The Bollox


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I've thanked ATMs on many occasions. I've also thanked the machines that print out train/bus tickets.

    Laugh now, but I'd rather be on their good side when machines take over.

    if films have taught me anything it's that the suck ups to machines are the first to die. the ones how ignore them are the ones who live for longer and get the bitches


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    #30
    TequilaMockingBird
    Registered Users Posts: 4,392 ✭✭✭TequilaMockingBird


    flanum wrote: »
    Ive also knocked on a door on my way OUT of an interview with nervousness!:o

    Head between my knees LOL there! :)

    Did you get the job?!


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    Ron DMC
    Registered Users Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭Ron DMC


    I'm going to thank every machine from this moment on, now that I think of it, they do a great job (most of the time).

    I believe it will be a great way to encourage them not to break down or run out of 10s.

    Ooh, my phone just rang - "Thank you working Mr. Phone"


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