Passwords

Date: April 7th 2009
Time: 5:20PM
Place: New York, NY

How many do we need to know? In this age of technological advancements everything you do requires a password. I have used up all that I can remember and it gets so frustrating that I refuse to enter anymore. For instance I am at the bank to withdraw some cash, I am in line to the teller, out of nowhere this very attractive girl comes directly to me and asked “are here for a transaction?” to which I answered yes. She now asks me to come into her office so she can explain to me how to use the ATM machine. I told her that I do know how but choose not to. She was confused; I explained that I would rather wait a few minutes more and have an interaction with someone real who I can talk to. I am not one who believes in these technological machines, as a matter of fact I am kind of scared of them. We had a lengthy conversation and she actually did share some of my concerns and to make things even more interesting she were beleived in much of what I said. Well that was her personal opinion as opposed to her professional job requirements. She was almost tripped over when I mentioned that I have never ever used an ATM system no matter where I am in the world. To her that was impressive and I could not see the big deal about it. Why are we so dependent on these systems? Can we not manage our meager finances on a day to day basis, I think it is relatively easy and personally believe it is the correct thing to do especially when a machine charges you a fee to withdraw your own money.