[jacquesm]

> Years before that I asked my bank why I can't just use all the ATMs since they all have money in them and they're all connected to the same network. I never received a reply but some years later the ATMs were indeed all usable (of course, subsequently many began to charge money for withdrawals, so it's still worth going to the "right" ATM if you care)

This happened not because of you asking but simply because the banks figured out that they only need one ATM in a certain region for all of the banks.

Never mind the subsequent service level reduction.