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Glad to hear the dream of the nineties is alive in the midwest:D

by corytheboyd 3y ago

CPLX 3y ago
They are common in the Catskills of upstate New York too
- jamiek88 3y ago
  And in the south where it’s hot. Loads of these in Houston and New Orleans for example.
  - owlninja 3y ago
    Same in Fort Worth/Dallas
- jprd 3y ago
  and in the NYS Capital Region, just a wee bit north. Brand new bank renovations or branches all have pneumo-tubes in their outer lanes, ATM(s) along the wall to the building. Though, I _do_ remember Woolworth's, banks, state offices and Lord knows what else back in the early '80s still using these like whoa.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    There are still some pharmacies that offer medicine by tube but most have gone to a single drive thru.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    Random trivia. Woolworth's still exists. But all the stores are called Foot Locker now.
anamexis 3y ago
What is the alternative for banks that have more than one drive-in lane?
- deleted 3y ago
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- bombcar 3y ago
  Much of California went to just multiple ATMs I think.
pests 3y ago
Oh its here. Metro Detroit. It gets cold. The thought of banks not having pneumatic tubes is so strange to me I'm chuckling here. Seeing you reminisce about something that I see almost daily is a weird culture shock in that people in our same country experience life is somehow completely opposite ways. It's like if someome told me there a secret Blockbuster still serving some quiet neighborhood in the country and for them its just... normal.
- bombcar 3y ago
  I have a RadioShack I can walk to.
- boneitis 3y ago
  > Seeing you reminisce about something that I see almost daily is a weird culture shock How about: i legitimately thought that the pneumatic tube system i saw in Futurama where Hermes saves the day was a made up thing (or otherwise not commercially used or deployed outside of some sort of lab setting) until i came across this submission? I feel so silly right now.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    Costco used to use them in the stores to send money to the main cashier, Home Depot might have had them too. Or you can get food! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTHZLKFblKo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTHZLKFblKo
    - sandworm101 3y ago
      Yes, back when it was actually costco. Everything changed after the merger. I dont think i saw any pneumatics afterwards.
  - MikeTheGreat 3y ago
    Someone else posted this recently and features both XKCD and supportive, positive thoughts. Enjoy! https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
  - 3y ago

Glad to hear the dream of the nineties is alive in the midwest:D

CPLX 3y ago

They are common in the Catskills of upstate New York too

jamiek88 3y ago
And in the south where it’s hot. Loads of these in Houston and New Orleans for example.
- owlninja 3y ago
  Same in Fort Worth/Dallas
jprd 3y ago
and in the NYS Capital Region, just a wee bit north. Brand new bank renovations or branches all have pneumo-tubes in their outer lanes, ATM(s) along the wall to the building. Though, I _do_ remember Woolworth's, banks, state offices and Lord knows what else back in the early '80s still using these like whoa.
- bombcar 3y ago
  There are still some pharmacies that offer medicine by tube but most have gone to a single drive thru.
- ghaff 3y ago
  Random trivia. Woolworth's still exists. But all the stores are called Foot Locker now.

anamexis 3y ago

What is the alternative for banks that have more than one drive-in lane?

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bombcar 3y ago
Much of California went to just multiple ATMs I think.

pests 3y ago

Oh its here. Metro Detroit. It gets cold. The thought of banks not having pneumatic tubes is so strange to me I'm chuckling here. Seeing you reminisce about something that I see almost daily is a weird culture shock in that people in our same country experience life is somehow completely opposite ways. It's like if someome told me there a secret Blockbuster still serving some quiet neighborhood in the country and for them its just... normal.

bombcar 3y ago
I have a RadioShack I can walk to.
boneitis 3y ago
> Seeing you reminisce about something that I see almost daily is a weird culture shock How about: i legitimately thought that the pneumatic tube system i saw in Futurama where Hermes saves the day was a made up thing (or otherwise not commercially used or deployed outside of some sort of lab setting) until i came across this submission? I feel so silly right now.
- bombcar 3y ago
  Costco used to use them in the stores to send money to the main cashier, Home Depot might have had them too. Or you can get food! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTHZLKFblKo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTHZLKFblKo
  - sandworm101 3y ago
    Yes, back when it was actually costco. Everything changed after the merger. I dont think i saw any pneumatics afterwards.
- MikeTheGreat 3y ago
  Someone else posted this recently and features both XKCD and supportive, positive thoughts. Enjoy! https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- 3y ago