In the US, there are ATMs everywhere so you never really stand in line for one. Here in Sweden, they're pretty much only at banks (never at gas stations, convenience store, shopping malls, etc...) so it isn't uncommon to see a (sometimes long) line. To make it more complex, people only want to use their own banks ATM, so two friends out in town who use different banks effectively wait in line twice. For us, it's bizarre to see people waiting in line to get their own money, and even more peculiar since almost every business takes cards. What do they do with the cash anyway?

Reminds me a bit of the Russians during the 1980s, waiting in line for bread & toilet paper.