Article January 4, 1993 Issue

POSITIVE PRESS

The New York Times

From The New York Times, September 8, 1991

"Cash but No Carry"

"High noon last Friday marked a great moment in the history of cash machines. Or, at least, the history of New York City cash machines. It was the moment at which a young woman noticed that the person who'd been ahead of her had forgotten to take the money—and announced it to the world at large.

"This young woman could have slid the pile of twenties into her hand and taken off. No one would have known, and the money's true owner had already left the building. Instead she stood before the cash machine, her own bank card in her hand, and summoned an employee.

"No sooner had she said 'Somebody left his money' than a man got off the escalator, breathing hard and looking sheepish. 'It was me,' he said.

" 'You ought to give her half,' a bystander suggested. The man didn't, but she was rewarded anyway. The rest of the audience gave her a round of applause."

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