Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

People who don’t pick up their receipts from ATMs

28 replies

notedbiscuits · 26/10/2024 18:41

i get sometimes the buttons on the outside of the screen don’t align. Why if you get a receipt either requested or didn’t but thought you selected no but get one (see above)

If you don’t want your receipt, please tear it up and put in a bin. If the receipt bin by the ATM is full, use another bin!

More worryingly is on the couple of occasions where I caught glimpse of the receipt which is hanging from the receipt exit, these people have high 4 figure or 5 digit balances. Which i envy

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
eggandonion · 28/10/2024 11:42

There's nothing I can do about elderly people potentially being scammed.
My sil helps my mil with online banking, and I know she moves excess money from current to savings account .

MasterBeth · 28/10/2024 11:12

eggandonion · 26/10/2024 19:12

I had an elderly customer leave one behind. 78k in a current account. Is money not safer in a savings account away from atm scams?

It is none of your business.

pizzaHeart · 28/10/2024 11:07

pavementgerms · 28/10/2024 11:00

It's littering, if nothing else.

Show quote history

I absolutely agree with it being a littering problem but it’s unclear from OP’s post that it was about littering.
I’m concerned that maybe also there is some sort of safety issue lm not aware of. That’s why I asked OP to clarify her post.

pavementgerms · 28/10/2024 11:00

pizzaHeart · 28/10/2024 08:11

@notedbiscuits
Could you explain please what the problem if people are not picking receipts up?

It's littering, if nothing else.

pizzaHeart · 28/10/2024 08:11

@notedbiscuits
Could you explain please what the problem if people are not picking receipts up?

pizzaHeart · 26/10/2024 19:49

notedbiscuits · 26/10/2024 19:16

When I remove the receipt I don’t look at the receipts on purpose. It’s accidental

plus some have either the last or first two numbers blanked.

So what the problem if people are not picking them up?

VivX · 26/10/2024 19:37

Why is it "more worrying" that you saw their balance? - The entire bank account details are not printed on the receipt and it isn't as though you know these people.

SisterAgatha · 26/10/2024 19:35

I live in London, I don’t think I’ve seen someone take cash out of the wall in a decade. let alone a receipt. It’s all cashless, we just use what remains floating around in the ether. I don’t even have £1 for the locker at the swimming pool, it’s all done on a card.

Bonjovispjs · 26/10/2024 19:32

pavementgerms · 26/10/2024 19:12

Oh I look. I am a nosy cow.

Me too 😁 none I've see have got thousands in though, I like to see that there are at least some people poorer than me 😆

malmi · 26/10/2024 19:30

There's only one thing you are in RECEIPT of I'm afraid, and it starts with a Y and ends with ABU.

doodleschnoodle · 26/10/2024 19:19

Catza · 26/10/2024 19:01

I would chase them and suggest they move their 5 figures into a savings account. They ae missing out on interest keeping it sitting in their current.

GrinGrinGrin

Original poster
notedbiscuits · 26/10/2024 19:16

When I remove the receipt I don’t look at the receipts on purpose. It’s accidental

plus some have either the last or first two numbers blanked.

OP posts:
Thevelvelletes · 26/10/2024 19:15

pavementgerms · 26/10/2024 19:12

Oh I look. I am a nosy cow.

Likewise I'm a nosey bastard.

SophiaJ8 · 26/10/2024 19:13

What’s the issue with their balances?

eggandonion · 26/10/2024 19:12

I had an elderly customer leave one behind. 78k in a current account. Is money not safer in a savings account away from atm scams?

pavementgerms · 26/10/2024 19:12

Oh I look. I am a nosy cow.

BookishType · 26/10/2024 19:10

Catza · 26/10/2024 19:01

I would chase them and suggest they move their 5 figures into a savings account. They ae missing out on interest keeping it sitting in their current.

😂

BoobyDazzler · 26/10/2024 19:10

I quite enjoy it tbh 🤣

TomatoSandwiches · 26/10/2024 19:09

Sounds like a you problem tbh.

pizzaHeart · 26/10/2024 19:09

it’s unclear from your post why can’t I just leave the receipt ? Why should I pick it up?

suburberphobe · 26/10/2024 19:08

^I've never looked at a receipt somebody left in an ATM.

Nor have I. I just get on with my day.

fragrantdisregard · 26/10/2024 19:07

It's not a security issue, so why would it matter if the leave it behind? Perhaps it's slightly annoying to have to deal with someone else's paper litter, but it's no cause for worry, really.

AutumnLeaves24 · 26/10/2024 19:05

Should people with luxury cars keep them in garages, so you don't feel envious???

Christ there are some batshit threads.

XenoBitch · 26/10/2024 19:02

I don't get it. Why is it worrying for you to look at other people's bank balances?

gamerchick · 26/10/2024 19:01

I only see them with high balances. I just assume they're left on purpose to show people how minted they are.