(October 21, 2020 at 8:19 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: They changed ATMs a few years back so that your card is spit back out so you don't forget it. I guess they figured people would remember their cash as being the most important reason for using an ATM.
How do you figure it's a crime to take the money? If you find twenty bucks on the ground and pick it up, you haven't committed a crime. You basically did the same thing as dropping your money on the ground.
It was a dumb ass move. Maybe you really should consider some meds for your ADHD now that it's costing you money.
Actually, it is a crime - theft by finding. If you find, for example, a wallet lying in the ground, you’re expected to take reasonable steps to find the owner. An exception would be if the property has been clearly and obviously abandoned (as opposed to lost), such as a book found at the local tip, or a piece of furniture left out on the kerb for waste collection.
In Brian’s case, whoever took his money would have been legally obligated to tell the bank, since cash left in an ATM slot isn’t obviously abandoned.
Boru
