Christmas rush as French cash machine issues free money

[emad]

Mad rush to faulty ATM in France


Christmas came early for residents of a French town, as a cash machine started issuing 50-euro notes instead of 20s.
Dozens of people in Carvin, near the northern city of Lille, rushed to withdrew money from the ATM over the two-hour faulty period on Tuesday.

But their joy was short-lived as a bank found out about the error, asking for the difference to be reimbursed.

The Caisse d'Epargne bank later said 50-euro notes were wrongly put in the ATM's slot meant for 20-euro notes.

"With bank cards, we have the ability to track all of the clients by computer," bank spokesman Gonzague Mannessiez told the AFP news agency.

A local resident said earlier the ATM malfunctioning had caused "euphoria" in the town, with some 50 people queuing up at one point to get easy money.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4552288.stm
Police eventually sealed off the area near the cash machine.

[peekaloo]

1. Wouldn't that be "europhoria"?

[emad]

2. Better than 'euphorbia' - a nasty herbaceous perennial that weeps

milky sap that gives you a horrid sting.....

[VaYallaDawg]

3. Maybe it was "euripides, we jail-a-youse."