8 Absolute Worst First World Problems
7. Can't Get £5 Out Of The Cash Machine
You check you purse or 'merse' (not the Italian river) for coinage; nothing but bronze, but you need money for the bus. Not to worry, you've got a plan...
You head for the one cash machine near work that you know gives out fivers, because you're not a f**king millionaire. You get there and the preferred screen reads the dreaded "Sorry, this ATM is Temporarily Unavailable" message. Probably because of all the other money conscious people over using it for its unique service. You slide over to the next available terminal. You already know the result, but you try anyway to get £5 out by selecting the "Other Amount" option. It's worse then you could ever have imagined. Not only are there no £5 notes, there are no £10 notes. You are going to have to risk looking like a psycho and go to a third terminal or just budget your entire week on the £20 you unwilling dispense. You go for the latter and spend every last penny of it before the day is done because you're s**t with money. Worse still, if you do hand the £20 over to the bus driver, he looks at you like you have ran into his house and kicked his child in the stomach; his child wears a colostomy bag.
Why don't more cash machines have the £5 option? Some of them don't even have the option and you have to go find the special secret way by asking for a alternative amount like a cheat code. One day physical money will be irrelevant and this will be a good thing, as we no longer rely on cash machines. That will put us in complete control over our finance...probably. Screw you physical money!