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From: jef...@panix.com (Jeff Jonas)
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Subject: Re: ATM puzzle
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 01:52:22 -0000 (UTC)
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by: Jeff Jonas - Wed, 9 Aug 2023 01:52 UTC

>>>The machine doesn't issue a receipt unless you specifically request a
>>>receipt -- so why are so many discarded?

As someone else already replied: sometimes the printed receipt
has information that is not on the screen
or would require a complex sequence to navigate.

> Perhaps people get cash from the ATM, put it into their wallet,
> and notice all the other receipts from other ATM transactions in there
> and throw them all out?

Agreed: I use the table to reorganize my pocket's contents,
discarding receipts, wrappers and papers that accumulated during the day.

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