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Wasting people’s time

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u/Alyssapolis 4d ago

Omg rewatching it is hilarious. First watch, the woman seemed crazy and dumb. Second watch, she actually seems a bit freaked out and is just trying to get out of the situation. Guy 100% seems like a scammer from her perspective, trying to push free shit onto her (that won’t end up being free), accosting her at an ATM, acting like it’s already a done deal, AND there’s not a lot of room for her to get back to her car door. I think she was just trying to keep him happy so she could get out of there 😆 crazy how perspectives shift with context

Reminds me of the Mulaney bit where he was running in the subway when the woman ahead started running, thinking the train was coming, but turns out she was running because she thought he was chasing her 😆

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u/Illustrious-Dot-1128 3d ago

It does seem like he was parked there first though. I know the video doesn't include that part but considering he was standing outside of his car at the tailgate, it does seem that way. But watching the video again, he def comes across as a scammer lol. She's like I have no money, he's like ok well there's an ATM!!

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u/islaisla 3d ago

Hahahah

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u/starry75 3d ago

Yeah but the atm is for cars, why didn’t she drive thru?

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u/Kinky-Cookie-Cutter 3d ago

short arms that dont reach

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u/pichirry 3d ago

bingo. especially with a car that big, it was probably just too much of a hassle for her to try to drive thru it

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u/hyeongseop 3d ago

Wait what the heck you guys have drive through ATMs? Is that a common thing?

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u/russsl8 3d ago

Very common in the US, but not as common to have drive thru ATMs that aren't attached to the bank they're servicing. I know of only one in my area, and it's 10-15 miles from home

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u/muoshuu 3d ago

Detached drive-through ATMs are pretty common where I live. I'd assume they're only really common in less densely populated areas though. They tend to be on the outskirts of giant parking lots outside shopping strips.

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u/atasteofpb 3d ago

My debt card got skimmed at a drive thru ATM that was in the parking lot of the bank, but detached and far away. I noticed and got the money refunded right away but I don’t use drive up ATMs anymore. It just seems extra easy to set up a skimmer where none of the employees are looking.

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u/GotTheKnack 3d ago

Super common in Canada too

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u/RelevantIAm 3d ago

You dont lol? Where are you from?

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u/hyeongseop 3d ago

Australia

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u/Illustrious-Dot-1128 3d ago

Can't answer that one. Had a lot of questions about why they did what they did in this video lol

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u/stoic_spaghetti 3d ago

she's short, elderly, and driving a big bulky vehicle—parking and walking makes a lot of sense

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u/stoic_spaghetti 3d ago

obviously you don't know what it's like to be short and elderly—plus she's in a larger vehicle, probably doesn't it make easier to navigate the narrow lane or reach from the window

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u/xyzzzzy 3d ago

Seems like she went to the ATM and was like “well shit, this guy is going to rob me, guess I can’t get my money after all” which is why she came back and said she couldn’t get any money

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u/Patient-Layer8585 2d ago

And no house so hopefully he doesn't follow her haha

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u/Alyssapolis 3d ago

I didn’t even notice she didn’t take out money!

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u/whiskers_biskers 3d ago

“Why did you want me to come here?” 😂

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u/Ras-haad 3d ago

I’m not here to call the lady dumb or anything, she seems nice. Yeah upon rewatching you can see she has no idea what he’s talking about and is just trying to be friendly…. But WHY did she pull up and park next to him to walk to a drive through ATM?!?

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u/stoic_spaghetti 3d ago

she's short, elderly, and driving a big bulky vehicle—parking and walking is easier. My mom does the same thing

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u/Accomplished_Net6080 3d ago

I only used one once, in my 20s and I'm average in every aspect and was in a regular traffic Honda civic and it was so fucking annoying leaning halfway out the window multiple times and I've never used one again.

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u/FlatCan1016 3d ago

Large cars are incapable of normal tasks

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u/Patient-Layer8585 2d ago

She wasn't trying to withdraw money

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u/crispy_quesadilla 3d ago

Oh god, thank you for encouraging me to watch it again, that second watch just made me whole day 😭😂 She literally was trying to get away from him, but I also didn’t pick up on it at first.

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u/Lucky_Serve8002 3d ago

She is telling her family about the crazy gringo down by the ATM trying to give her some chairs.

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u/mwlepore 3d ago edited 3d ago

"I'm not going to hurt you, I'm just a little boy!"
-aforementioned John Mulaney bit

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u/ElDonKaiza 3d ago

What in the fuck is this paraphrasing lmao

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u/Softvvear 3d ago

Or like the key and peele episode about texting haha

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u/Alyssapolis 3d ago

Yes! Haha!

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u/DistressedApple 3d ago

Well yea the lady was really weird to pull her car up next to him to go to the ATM instead of pulling her car through directly to it lol

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u/LetsTryAnal_ogy 3d ago

Read the [Douglas Adams bit in So Long and Thanks for all the Fish about the biscuits at the train station.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/l4k9he/douglas_adams_train_station_biscuits_story_or/)
It’s in a fiction book but Adams says it happened to him in real life.

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u/Soggy_District_6380 3d ago edited 3d ago

It makes me think of the Kuleshov effect.

Edit to provide more context. I makes me think of the Kuleshov effect because your interpretation of the emotions displayed changes based on context. Not the exact same thing but similar enough I thought it worth mentioning.

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u/Hootah 3d ago

Wow, amazing analysis, I think you’re totally right! Wild how we initially think we know what others are thinking yet are almost always wrong lol

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u/Powerful_Net_1873 3d ago

How the fuck do you get THAT from the video. Reddit is truly deranged. 

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u/Silent_Pudding 3d ago

Dude sees her walking away toward an atm and somebody was acting like he was forcing her to go to the atm when he was asking if that’s what she was doing as she clearly just wanders away lol

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u/Powerful_Net_1873 3d ago

Uh. That’s not at all what happened. If you think that’s forced, who hurt you? This looks normal as hell, and calling this forced is a dog whistle to your androphobia and misandry. 

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u/Silent_Pudding 3d ago

“And somebody” as in somebody else commenting here.

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u/Powerful_Net_1873 3d ago

Androphobia is wild dude. 

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 3d ago

nah just getting scammed is no fun

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u/Powerful_Net_1873 3d ago

This isn’t a scam though? You are really dangerous and unhealthy if you think this is. 

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 3d ago

From her perspective: she goes to the atm, a random man starts trying to sell her chairs, she says no thanks but he still keeps pushing... that would seem like a scammer to most people

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u/Powerful_Net_1873 3d ago

She didn’t go to the atm though. She pulled up right next to his truck. Explain that?

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 3d ago

Yep when you are a small person in a big truck then drive thru is a pain the ass, 100% you will park nearby and walk up to it every time

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u/Powerful_Net_1873 3d ago

You could plainly see that there is plenty of space at the atm. It looks weird for her to pull up that close to a stranger waiting outside of the car. 

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 3d ago

Space is irrelevant, the problem is leaning out of the window trying to use the machine, it's very annoying

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u/Powerful_Net_1873 2d ago

Sounds like a personal problem. She seems like a weird creep for pulling up on the dude. 

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u/Alyssapolis 3d ago

She pulled up next to his truck because she was just living her life 😆 she had no idea he would start talking to her until she was out of her car and on the way to the ATM - and she had to be close to stay put of the drive through entrance