I had a momentarily confusing moment last night when I tried to get money out of the HSBC bank next to my hotel in Shanghai. In fact, it happens to me every time I come to Shanghai, usually multiple times! Take a look at the picture below of a Shanghai ATM keypad:
Now, without thinking too hard about it, try and type your PIN number for your ATM card as quickly as you can, using the picture above as a pretend-ATM. Did it feel odd?
The keypad is upside down - specifically, 1-3 and 7-9 are reversed! I haven't seen that anywhere else I have traveled. Very weird.
