I walked up to the change machine to grab coins for the kiddie rides and saw a full blown warning taped on it. “For children only.” “Remote monitoring.” “$25 reward for a photo of anyone taking a large amount.” There’s literally a phone number to text like we’re reporting bank fraud instead of someone getting $10 in quarters. The lady wiping tables just nodded at me like, yeah, this is serious business.
So now I’m standing there wondering if I’m about to get photographed for daring to press “$5.” Instead of just limiting withdrawals or fixing the machine, someone decided the solution was turning parents into undercover informants over spare change. A food court is not the FBI field office. It’s rides that last 90 seconds.
I still got my quarters, but the whole thing felt ridiculous. If you need surveillance and a cash reward to protect a plastic helicopter ride, maybe the problem isn’t the customers. It’s whoever thought this note was normal.
