March 24, 2003
Mixing it Up?
The guys at 37 Signals have started an interesting discussion about coining a new phrase for making change, which quickly transitioned into a more general discusssion of ATM usability in addition to the terminology discussion.
I was just having a discussion recently with some friends about how annoying it is that ATMs only give out $20 bills...some give $10, too. But invariably at any group outing, everybody whips out $20's (or as some call them, I learned, Yuppie Food Stamps) and then it's the complicated game of trying to sort out each person's portion of the bill without asking for change.
But would it really be that hard for ATMs to give the last $20 broken out into change? And how much more effecient would restaurants and bars be if the waitstaff wasn't contantly tracking down change and if tables each cleared 5 minutes earlier because people weren't doing calculus to figure out the bill? Maybe this is why 90% of restaurants fail?
Posted by blipsman at March 24, 2003 09:29 PM