Debit Machines

Ok its time for a technological story! Its great, no doubt about it but is it reliable when you really need it, will it be there for always, will it never break down? If you answered yes to any of those then you are living in a fantasy world ;) But, I am going to write on debit machines. What a great invention we dont have to carry around large sums of money or cheques, instead we take out our plastic card, punch in our pin and bam make our purchase or receive money. Sounds easy right? Well, how about when debit machines go down, then what happens? We are strapped for cash, we look like a goof because we cant get our purchases, how do we give back gas once we filled up? Our dependency has became ongoing as debit machines entered the world. I know myself I dont carry around a bunch of money in case I lose it (from what I experienced from the accident especially GRR). The other day I tried to make a purchase and it didn't go through because they were down. Tsk tsk tsk, just another rant about the cons of technology...