THEN: SHOW YOUR ID
NOW: ENTER USER ID
The older I get the less I seem to remember. And yet, it seems there are more things to remember today than ever before.
Years ago, the standard questions on forms included your name, address, and telephone number (home & work.) Some paperwork required your social security number and a driver’s license. That was pretty much it. I’ve always remembered my social security number, but to this day I still don’t have my license number memorized. I mean, why? It’s with me all the time.
Today, additional questions include cell phone numbers and email addresses. Well, that much I can handle. It seems that my brain cells associated with that data are still functioning.
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It’s remembering all those other things, like Usernames, ID’s, Passwords and URLs that send me over the edge. I’m constantly scattering papers all over the place in search of that valuable information. Where did I put that secret code? What’s the answer to my security question? What IS my security question?
These are important things that I’m supposed to remember. Or at least remember where I wrote them down. But if we‘re supposed to be paperless, why am I writing this information down on a piece of paper in the first place? Shouldn’t they be on my hard drive somewhere?
Being a User in this electronic age is much more complicated than when I was a User in days gone by. As child of the sixties, you can imagine what I may have been a “user” of.
Now the term User ID refers to the name you type into that diagonal box on your screen so that you can then get the next all important question: What’s your password?
Password. Like saying please to an elderly relative so that she’ll let you pass by. What’s the password?- my grandmother used to ask.
But, at least, she was forgiving. If I didn’t know it, she would let me by anyway.
Now, if I type in the wrong password three times, I get a threatening message and sometimes I’m locked out from that all important site and have to resort to making a phone call. Where I invariably get that annoying voicemail and have to try a few times to get someone who can remedy the situation.
And by then, half the time I’ve forgotten why I wanted to go there in the first place.
So, unless absolutely necessary I now use the same password for everything, which my computer techie tells me is not a good thing. And some sites won’t allow my usual word. Some want six letters, five numbers, one capital, two symbols, and the world wide rights to my life story.
No wonder I can’t remember! How about you?
Oh, I hear you! User names, passwords galore in this head! And better yet, occasionally I come across a site or screen where I realize one of my kids or my husband has set the password. Then I’m pulling things from the sky like mad in desperate attempts…
Remember when all you had to remember was your age? “I’m 6, going on 7.” 🙂
I’m with you, too, Janie! I try not to use the same passwords, or at least not often, but then remembering them is a problem–especially since I sometimes keep them similar for ease of remembering… hah!
I have envy for people who use their address as a kid for their password and it was eigth st, or A street, and their grade school clue is JFK, or first pet is fluffy!
It just is not fair! I have many letters in my name why do I have to have so many letters in my password? Why Why whine whine.
Amen!! So happy to know that it’s not just me. I think it’s all a conspiracy to make us feel old and forgetful. As always, so well put!
OMGOSH! I’m right there with you! 🙂 I have my passwords written down on several index cards because I can’t remember them. You should see the chaos around here when I can’t find those blasted cards!! LOL
I hear you about THIS one! We are supposed to go paperless but if I ever lose that piece of paper with all of my passwords and such, I don’t know what I’d do. Then, I’d have to go through the reset mode and all of this takes up so much time, let alone memory space! Please help me from having to remember my favorite pet’s name! I have had various dogs and now have two and I don’t remember which one I said was my favorite. Geesh! And, like you, I actually use the same darn password for everything although sometimes we HAVE to add a number, so I use the same number IF my regular password doesn’t work!
Tina – I remember those days all too well.
Linda – I have to use the same ones or I’d never remember!
Melissa- Index cards is a great idea. I may have to start using them.
Haralee – You may have a lot of letters, but you have a lovely name.
Patricia – I try to keep it simple on the questions because if I didn’t I would never remember my secret answer.