ATM advantages

One advantage of using an ATM is that an ATM is available longer. A person doesn't need to wait for any specific time of day to go to an ATM, whereas they do need to wait in order to go to the bank. This is good because people can access the services of an ATM at many more times of the day than at a bank, and thus is more convenient for the user. Another advantage is that an ATM is less pronged to human error. Getting helped by a bank employee has its benefits, but the service is pronged to human error, and can be very inconvenient if not caught right after the error is made. An ATM, being a programmed machine, is less pronged to random error, although it is not completely error-free. Humans built this device, and so there exists a possibility of a programming error, causing error on a much wider scale. However, these errors can be caught and fixed more easily, as certain trends that have to do with the error are much easier to spot and it is much easier to reprogram a machine sometimes than it is to correct a human error. A third advantage is that transactions made by an ATM are much easier to keep track of than by a human teller. A human must manually record the transactions he or she made, and sometimes this can lead to an incorrect recording due to human error or poor memory. However, an ATM is programmed to record every transaction it makes, and, given that the device has been programmed correctly, these records will not be incorrect or pronged to error as much as if a human were recording. An ATM is a machine, and has no emotions, making it less likely to make an error in a transaction. There are quite a few advantages to using ATMs, but they are not without their disadvantages.