South Africa's Absa fits ATMs with pepper spray

I am appalled at this idea. Is this the same twisted logic that says the world would be a safer place if we all carried guns? That suicide bombers should be subject to the death penalty? Its only money. Is it acceptable that bank customers might accidentally be blinded when these devices malfunction for the sake of a few thousand banknotes? Go hang your head in shame Absa. You are a disgrace to civilised society. So too are your major shareholders, Barclays bank for allowing this development.

Luckily ATM 'blower upperers' don't wear gas mask and goggles blowing up your ATM, eh/ although I guess your maintenance worker's union will be asking for some new safety gear.

Perhaps 44 magnum remotely controlled guns? Oh wait, the 'blower upperers' will only just wear bulletproof vests.

Absa has undoubtedly proven they are incapable of an original innovation, or a single intelligent idea. Copying seldom does turns out as well as the original but I don't think we'll see anyone claiming this lack of brilliance as their own.

500 ATM's being blown up is clearly a symptom of a larger social issue and the effort may be better spent there, although I doubt we want Absa's approach applied to wider society, do we?