She points the knife at him and steals money from the ATM: 40 €.
Young man robbed while at the ATM.
Violent robbery at the ATM: old woman punched.
These are just some of the many newspaper headlines that tell of the bad experience experienced by those who were robbed after withdrawing cash at the ATM.
It is therefore worth remembering that when you make a withdrawal at the ATM, make sure you are not seen when entering your PIN and above all of not to have strangers too close .
You good to withdraw only the necessary money and put it away safely. In ogni caso, a good advice is to prefer the self areas of the bank, where there are always cameras connected with operations centers.
They are clearly visible in fact, around the Italian cities, many bank branches recently restructured with the creation of aree self banking – specially designed rooms with two gates, one for accessing the ATMs and the other for entering the branch – that guarantee the safety of customers.
The ATM marked the end of the cashiers?
In the United States of America in 1985 there were 60,000 ATMs and 485,000 cashiers; in 2002 ATMs had risen to 352,000 but cashiers had risen to 527,000.
Therefore, it is not always said that automation is the enemy of the workplace, as the number of tellers in American banks grew for decades in parallel with ATMs.
The news is reported in the book Reinventing work which tells how not to undergo automation but to make it a good opportunity for economic growth.
Alex Gaetani
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