We're in Good Hands

Carol went to the city last Friday and stopped at the ATM. A "helpful" Thai was waiting for her as she turned around, ATM card and money in hand. He took her ATM card and told her that she needed to put it back into the ATM and enter her pin number. Carol told him she wouldn't do that and retrieved her card out of the machine. Five days later, she went to the ATM machine, entered her pin, and the machine said wrong pin number. She went to the teller who informed her that she had no account. Bob looked at the card and said, "Carol this is not your card." Obviously the man she encountered had used a slight-of-hand maneuver and gave her a worthless card. She went into the bank and alerted the security officer shown above! Since he spoke no English he resumed his official duties. The next day, Carol's co-teacher took her back to the bank (30 miles from our village) and she was issued a new card after showing her passport and bank book. Luckily, funds were intact. No harm done. However, if you see a man wearing a straw hat behind you at the ATM, beware!!! We think he alluded the security officer.