Thursday, August 18, 2005

What a dope.

I don't really have much to say. I just thought anyone reading this blog would be amused by a little story.

At one point in my life I was responsible for a fiber optics ring for a large retailer that included 26 sites thought out the Twin Cities. This ring was probably worth in equipment alone around $130 million dollars. Not to mention the cost to install, configure, run, and of the data on the ring. I've always been pretty proud of this.
I have also always been proud of my technical savvy. Creating the software, hardware, and set for this site and others. Trouble shooting expensive networks and so on.

Today however I was humbled.

For the past couple of months I have been frustrated on occasion because I was unable to log onto the web access of a new checking account I opened. I have tried maybe a dozen times to enroll and get online and never had any luck. Finally today I called tech support......
I had been entering my SSN incorrectly!
I was supposed to enter it xxx-xx-xxx, I had entered it xxxxxxx. No dashes.... All that frustration over 2 dashes!!! Well who knows technology now!..

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