Man gets trapped inside ATM, passes notes through slot

[TexasTowelie]

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Imagine going to the ATM to get some cash, and hearing a faint voice from inside the machine.

Then, a note is passed through the receipt slot asking for help.

Has to be a joke, right?

Apparently not.

About 2 p.m. Wednesday, a contractor got trapped inside a Corpus Christi Bank of America branch while changing a lock inside a room that connects to the drive-through ATM machine.

“He leaves his phone in his truck, he's installing a new lock on the door, and he gets locked inside the building where the ATM is,” said Corpus Christi Police Senior Officer Richard Olden to Corpus Christi television station KRIS.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article161132513.html

[cloudbase]

1. And the first thoiught would be

"Where is Allen Funt?"

[BigmanPigman]

2. "Smile..." I thought of that at first too.

Then I thought of Seinfeld and George's PIN "B-O-S-C-O".