Long Arm of the ATM (in Xiamen Banks)

Bill Brown ... Xiamen University

Xiàmén’s first ATM machines, in the mid-90s, were for closed during noon naps (Xiūxi休息). I told an official, “I think Xiamen just wants to look modern and our ATM’s are fake. A little peasant hiding inside hands out money, and he goes home for lunch.”

“Not true!” he protested. “These are real ATMs!”

“I was joking!” I said to the blustering banker, but he wasn’t mollified. Soon afterwards they started keeping ATMs open even at lunch.

I hope I didn’t cost the little guy his job.
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