Janitor Camps By Thieving ATM

atm01When Mr. Mao, a janitor from Shenzhen, China deposited 7,000 yuan (about $1000) of his earnings in an ATM and was met with an error message he became proactive.

First, he checked at the neighboring ATM to see if his funds had been deposited in his account, they had not. Rather than leave anything to chance, he called his family and requested a portable bed and table. He then camped out by the ATM until the bank opened and returned his money. [Nddaily via WeirdAsiaNews]

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C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and a reporter at large for We Interrupt and Uberreview. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside approximately two hours from Tokyo - where he has spent the better part of a decade testing his hypothesis that Japan is neither as quirky nor as interesting as others would have you believe.
9 Comments on this post.
  • Flem
    20 April 2009 at 5:58 am
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    I might just have done the same because that is a buttload of cash. Personally though I wouldn’t have used an ATM for a deposit, especially that big.

    • C. S. Magor
      20 April 2009 at 6:44 am
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      With the wages that are paid in China that is a considerable amount. Due to the hours that I work, sometimes I am forced to deposit through ATMs, fortunately though, in japan, they are always staffed.

  • Flem
    20 April 2009 at 12:58 am
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    I might just have done the same because that is a buttload of cash. Personally though I wouldn’t have used an ATM for a deposit, especially that big.

    • C. S. Magor
      20 April 2009 at 1:44 am
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      With the wages that are paid in China that is a considerable amount. Due to the hours that I work, sometimes I am forced to deposit through ATMs, fortunately though, in japan, they are always staffed.

  • Yun Huan Lo
    20 April 2009 at 3:19 pm
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    yu dowing it wong.
    yu go iside deposit.
    no twust box owtside.

    • Long jhong young
      20 April 2009 at 4:58 pm
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      Box bad, jhong deposit good.

  • Yun Huan Lo
    20 April 2009 at 10:19 am
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    yu dowing it wong.
    yu go iside deposit.
    no twust box owtside.

    • Long jhong young
      20 April 2009 at 11:58 am
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      Box bad, jhong deposit good.

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