Part One: Let*s use the ATM.
Main Points:
1. They*re all indoors, behind bulletproof glass.
2. You must swipe your ATM card to get into the ATM enclosure.
3. You will not realize these things until they are pointed out to you by a 10'year'old.
4. You will sigh, only slightly embarrassed that you pulled on the door for probably thirty seconds in various manners.
5. You will enter the line, which stands a full ten feet behind the person currently using the ATM and also around the corner from the machine.
6. The machine will try to crush your spirit/never stop lying to you, but you're a fighter, damnit: you WILL get your pesos.
7. After repetedly telling you what denominations of bills are available and then immediatly contridicting itself after you ask for your money in that denomination(s) , it will angrily shoot your money onto the floor in the exact combination of bills you did not want because it will be a big Argentine pain in the ass to use them.
Whew! All that third-person writing has me exhausted! Buenos Aires is wonderful, by the way, just a bit...cracked out. One last thing: I saw all sorts of paddy wagons in a hurry somewhere today. Yay for former police states!
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3 comments:
Don't you love how you know nothing and young kids know more than you? I know the feeling. Have a great time in Argentina, Nate!!
Lessons on how to be awesome: see figure 1, Nate. *cheers!*
-Tom
Just to let you know, the one ATM I've used so far in Chile was a lot nicer to me than yours in Argentina! It probably also helped that I didn't have to use one until a few weeks into my time here, since I didn't have to pay for anything right away, and Shana so wonderfully took me to her bank to exchange my dollars to Chilean pesos at a good rate.
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