Products · Pattern or everyday thing
ATM machines
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 19 years (2008–2026), in 4 threads.
People raised many different problems with ATM machines, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 4 complaints
- Screen tricks users into withdrawing card before the beeping prompt2026-02-13
- Latency after tapping leaves the user unsure whether the screen registered the input2022-08-17
- Overcrowded pop-ups and confusing options make the menus and navigation hard to follow2018-07-03
- Forced to choose between check and cash deposit before inserting items2008-06-09