The past few weeks have had my head reeling with new information I need to remember. It seems we live in a society of PIN Numbers, passwords and security questions.
Try to set up on-line banking and they ask you for a series of security questions as well as a password to access your account. Get a debit card and you need a pin number. Set up a new email account, you need a password. Join a social media site; you need user name, password and a security question. I don’t know about you, but I don’t’ think my brain can retain much more of this needed information to survive in today’s world.
In the past three weeks, I signed up to review two of my bank accounts on line; set up new user name on my computer, new email account, Facebook account and joined another social media site. My head is spinning with all the information I need to access these accounts.
The other day I used my debit card to pay for a purchase at Staples. The transaction was rejected; not because I had no funds in the account, but because I forgot my pin number. I transposed the numbers twice. This is one of the reasons my husband has to accompany me on shopping trips, so he can use his debit card instead. You don’t know how embarrassing it is for the cashier to tell you we can’t process your transaction. I am sure the people around me think the reason is due to non-sufficient funds and not because I hit the pin number incorrectly.
As a matter of fact I could not log into my blogspot account earlier today. I forgot my password and had to reset a new one.
Well time to go now. I am logging on to the local library web site to request books. Yes I need my library card information and a personal number to access my library account. Wish me luck on trying to recall this information. I just hope I remember where I put the paper I wrote the information down on.
I am only the only person who feels the way I do about having to remember too much information to function in the world today?
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