I wanted Ten!

[Anakah]

This guy wasn't exactly sucky but kind of funny.

A man asked me if he had to run his card through the ATM or if we could just run his card for him. I don't know what casinos do this--run customer cards and give them cash but we DO not. Anyway, I told him he needed to start at the ATM. He goes to the atm.

He comes up flustered and tells me:

"I only want ten!"

Me: Ten thousand?

Which isn't an odd question since I know many crazy rich bitches who can just pull that much money out and blow it like nothing. I didn't say it to be rude or even mean. But this made me feel real bad...

Man: No, ten dollars!

Me: Unfortunately our Atms only dispense in twenty dollar increments...

Man yells at wife that they are leaving.

I don't know of any atm that lets you get anything under twenty dollars... At least not in a casino? Why are you in a casino if you can't afford to pull out more than twenty? I felt really bad after he said ten dollars, he must have thought I was a bitch for suggesting ten thousand.

[Shironu-Akaineko]

As far as I know, ATMs only dispense 20$ bills.

[Ratha]

As far as I know, ATMs only dispense 20$ bills.

There's actually an ATM at a hotel near me that dispenses $5 bills. Quite a lifesaver at my area's anime convention.

[VenomX]

Theres a few here in town that give as low as $10. Theres even one that will give you $5's. We have a college in town so thats maybe why. Seems most of them that do are within a few blocks of it.

[Shironu-Akaineko]

There's actually an ATM at a hotel near me that dispenses $5 bills. Quite a lifesaver at my area's anime convention.

See, that's about as far as I knew, I guess I didn't know that far.

[RetailWorkhorse]

I think I can get singles from my ATM, but why go all the way over there when I can just pick up a yogurt, scan at SCO, and get cashback there?

But then I'm A) lazy and B) like yogurt.

[Anakah]

And I think casino atms might be different because they want to rip you off as much as possible. Make sure if you EVER have to use the ATM never do a credit card advance cuz it will charge you an arm and a leg, and if you have a pin ALWAYS use it. Its cheaper that way if you have no other means of getting money.

[Midnight12]

some old bank of america atm's used to let you get ten out but not anymore

[Kagato]

There is ATM's in Auckland that dispense $10, $20 or $50, depending on the machine (I HATE the machines that spit out $50 notes, especially when people go to pull out some money from the ATM to pay for bus fare, punch in $50 thinking it would give 2 x 20 and 1 x 10, and it spits out 1 x $50...)

[MadMike]

I've seen some that dispense $10. There aren't a whole lot of them anymore, but there are some. Ages ago, I used to see ones that gave out $5, but I haven't seen one of those in ages.

[mattm04]

Most of the ATMs I have used only give $20. Until recently the bank at my store ATM gave $10's also. That changed when they put in a new ATM.

[Bright_Star]

The ATM that I use you can get as little as 5 cents.

[Argabarga]

I suddenly feel lucky that the ATM at my bank gives $10's

[Javarod]

Its just a matter of how the bank or private service sets up the ATM. The money is in cartridges in the machine, and it can only hold so many bills, so twenties are the most efficient way. I've seen the occasional machine dispensing fives or tens (combination of fives and twenties seem to be more common to reduce the number of bill types and get the most bills into the machine), and even occasionally fifties.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I've seen some that dispense $10. There aren't a whole lot of them anymore, but there are some. Ages ago, I used to see ones that gave out $5, but I haven't seen one of those in ages.

I think that might vary on the area. In mine, all the ATM's I've been to only dispense $20 bills.

One advantage of working in a grocery store: our card machines at the registers will let you get money back off your card without a purchase. So if I need a smaller amount or just don't have time to go to the bank, I'll get money off the checkcard at the register.