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ATM confusion
May. 17th, 2026 08:33 pmThose little pictographs at ATM readers on banking machines and at the grocery stores often confuse me. I know they depict which way the magnetic strip or the tap is supposed to go, but my mind doesn’t seem to translate it correctly. So I tilt my head in different ways, as a confused dog might and imagine the alignment, but it doesn’t seem to help much.
Of course, this sort of thing happens to me when I look at the ”No Left Turn” symbolic sign – I look at it and think ”okay there is an arrow that directs me to the Left” and I block out the ’ghostbuster’ NO symbol. So I initially think, ”I can turn left here”
Or the times, I’ve studied the ”You are Here” maps in hospitals, I resign myself to aimlessly wandering instead.
So if you see a lost old man with a obvious look of confusion, it is probably me.
Of course, this sort of thing happens to me when I look at the ”No Left Turn” symbolic sign – I look at it and think ”okay there is an arrow that directs me to the Left” and I block out the ’ghostbuster’ NO symbol. So I initially think, ”I can turn left here”
Or the times, I’ve studied the ”You are Here” maps in hospitals, I resign myself to aimlessly wandering instead.
So if you see a lost old man with a obvious look of confusion, it is probably me.
