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Look in the back... (Score:1)
Having said that, you probably didn't have your cheque book with you, just the cheque, right? :-)
-Dom
Different banks (Score:1)
Don't know about your bank, but at least one of mine doesn't expect a paying in slip, you simply place the cheque in the envelope, and when the machine "eats" it, it prints the details directly on to the envelope.
I couldn't agree more that the interface is lame through, you could at any time realise that your made a mistake, and need to abort the operation. According to the Jakob Nielsen [useit.com] the "STOP" button is one of the most powerful design features in the browser, and woe-be-tide anyone tampering with it.
-- "It's not magic, it's work..."
Cheque Book? (Score:2)
Of course. Who carries a cheque book around with them these days. That would be terribly last century :)
Ancient history (Score:2)
A long, long, time ago when ATMs had just been introduced to the UK I was stood behind someone in the queue. They were cursing and obviously having trouble with the machine and so I offered to help. The display said something like
Please enter the amount you want to withdraw
n.b. the amount must be in multiples of £5
and so the guy was pressing the 5 key 5 times because he wanted to withdraw £25. And the machine was saying he did