Something unusual jut happened to me. Something unworldly perhaps. What I want to know is how it happened.
I'm just back from a shopping trip. While I was in the shopping mall, I went to the ATM to withdraw some money. I put my ATM card in the machine, punched in the PIN code, entered how much money I wanted and waited. The ATM machine then told me the equipment had a problem and told me to withdraw my card from the machine. I could not see my card and no money came out. The ATM machine was outside a branch of the bank so I went inside the branch and told them what had happened. They told me the ATM machine would not be opened until 2nd January. I told them I needed some money. The staff member went to see the manager. A minute or two later the manager appears and we I tell her the whole thing again. She then opens the machine and tells me my card is not there. She would not let me look inside the machine myself but asks me again if it was really that machine. Exasperated I told her yes, of course, and I've used it many times before. It's not there she repeated.
At a loss what to do, I looked in my wallet. I've no idea how it happened but my ATM card was in there. I felt somewhat embarrassed as I told the bank staff and showed them my card. Mai pen rai, they told me. Kudos for them for brushing it off as if it's a daily occurance. But how on earth did my ATM card get back in my wallet? I have no recollection of taking it from the machine. Were aliens messing with me and the bank? Or did I have a mini black out at exactly the time I withdrew my card? Or is there some other explanation?