ATM inventor passes away at 84

[the 4th hanson bro]

The inventor of the ATM, first placed in London in 1967, has died.

He said that he invented the machine because he was upset he was locked out of the bank and thought he should have access to his money at any time.

Shepherd-Barron originally planned to make personal identification numbers six digits long, but cut the number to four after his wife Caroline complained that six was too many.


"Over the kitchen table, she said she could only remember four figures, so because of her, four figures became the world standard," he told the BBC.

Here's to you, sir. RIP

 

[clint g]

Definitely one of the more revolutionary devices of the last century. RIP dude.

 

[Capn Flukie]

When you place flowers on his grave, a twenty dollar bill pops out of the headstone.

He would've thought it was funny.

RIP, sir.

 

[Captain Ice]

^Or have his headstone sponsored by Citibank.

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

When you place flowers on his grave, a twenty dollar bill pops out of the headstone.

He would've thought it was funny.

RIP, sir.

You left out getting charged $2.00 to get your 20.

 

[Capn Flukie]

They were $2 flowers.