After Sarah moved from Wisconsin to Iowa, she sparked some momentary confusion when she asked a store clerk where his TYME machine was. In parts of Wisconsin, Florida, and Michigan there are automated teller machines, or ATMs, called TYME machines, TYME being an acronym for Take Your Money Everywhere. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Time Machine”
Sarah Zock grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and later she moved to Iowa with her husband.
And she called to tell us this story. They were on their way to the movies, and they suddenly realized they had no cash. So her husband sends her running into a local grocery store to get some money. She says, I ran in and the service desk was right there. I looked at the boy behind the counter and I said, quick, quick, where’s your time machine? And he looked at me and literally said, what year are you going to?
And Grant, you of course know the misunderstanding there because in Florida, Wisconsin, and part of Michigan, time machines are ATMs, right?
Right. That’s their generic for ATM machine.
Right, right. It’s spelled T-Y-M-E. It stands for take your money everywhere.
And I realize ATM machine is redundant, but join me in saying ATM machine.
ATM machine.
