HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY WOULD YOU LIKE—

• DEPOSIT

• WITHDRAWAL

• BALANCE

• WEATHER

“How does it know it’s my birthday?”

“Jesus, Em, it’s probably coded in your card or something. It is now 6:34 and in exactly seven minutes… What the hell is this? Weather?”

“That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you.”

“You’re not going to press it!”

“Why not?”

>WEATHER

THANK YOU

SELECT DESIRED CONDITIONS—

• COOL AND CLOUDY

• FAIR AND MILD

• LIGHT SNOW

• LIGHT RAIN

“Em, will you quit playing around!”

>LIGHT RAIN

“Rain? On your birthday?”

“Just a light rain. I just want to see if it works. We’re going to the movie anyway.”

“Not if we don’t get out of here.”

PERFECT MOVIE WEATHER

WOULD YOU LIKE—

• DEPOSIT

• WITHDRAWAL

• BALANCE

• POPCORN

“Em, this machine is seriously fucked up.”

“I know. I wonder if you get butter.”

“It’s 6:36. Just press Withdrawal and let’s get the hell out of here. We have five minutes until the movie starts.”

>WITHDRAWAL

THANK YOU

WITHDRAWAL FROM—

• SAVINGS

• CHECKING

• CREDIT LINE

• OTHER

“Excuse me. Are you two going to see Gilded Palace of Sin?”

“Shit. Look who’s back.”

“I was just at the theater and the newspaper had the times listed wrong. According to the box office, the movie starts at 6:45. So you have nine minutes.”

“I thought you were at the other machine.”

“There’s a line and I didn’t want to stand outside in the rain.”

“Rain? Bruce, look!”

“It’s just a light rain. But I’m wearing my good suit.”

>OTHER

“Emily, it’s 6:37 and you’re pressing Other?”

“Don’t you want to see what else this machine can do?”

“No!”

THANK YOU

CHOOSE OTHER ACCOUNT—

• ANDREW

• ANN

• BRUCE

“Who the hell are Andrew and Ann? And how the hell did my name get in there?”

“You told me the machine ate your card.”

“That was… another machine.”

“Excuse me. Ann is my fiancee. Well, was. Sort of. I thought.”

“Are you butting in again?”

“Wait! You must be—”

“Andrew. Andrew P. Claiborne the Third. You must be Emily. And he must be—”

“He’s Bruce. Don’t mind him if he’s a little uncouth.”

“Uncouth!”

>BRUCE

“Hey, that’s my account, Emily. You don’t have any right to press Bruce!”

“Why not? You say you wanted to pay for dinner and the movie, but the machine ate your card. So let’s go for it.”

GO FOR IT, EMILY

PLEASE ENTER DESIRED AMOUNT——

• $20

• $60

• $100

• $200

>$60

SORRY. INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. WANT TO TRY FOR $20?

>$20

SORRY. INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. WOULD YOU LIKE A BALANCE CHECK?

“No!”

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