The other night, I had the good timing to be getting cash, while the cleaner finished their shift.

They emptied the garbage cans inside the bank, then come out to the lobby, and put the ATM receipt trash cans into the same bag. The receipts were not separated and sent to a shredding company, like they should be.

Am I being overly cautious? Maybe. Most banks don’t print off your whole account number.

But, there is a lot of information on those receipts, and if we thought long enough, I’m sure we could come up with a couple scenarios where a bag of them might be useful.