Why is it that things that should work and typical do work, also tend not to work at the worst time, and/or under the most ironic conditions. It's times like that when I find myself starting to twitch uncontrollably, much like the Michael Douglas character in the movie, 'Falling Down'.
Once in a while, well it's par. But this week, I seem to be on a roll.
#1: I contacted my credit union to get a replacement for a debit card that is showing lots of wear and tear and might go belly up soon. They said they'd send one. Meanwhile the old one worked fine on Friday night to purchase groceries without issue, which must have been simply because the kids were in bed, I was not in a hurry, and there was nobody waiting for me or a place I had to get to. The following morning, however, as we prepared for a long drive to Sepastapol, where the kids were to play an integral part in the success of my sister-in-law's exchange of wedding vows, I took the car to fill up on gas and get some Peets for the road. The wife and kids were waiting for me at home. Road travel loomed on the horizon. The clock was ticking. A wedding party was awaiting our arrival. We needed gas. This was when I most needed things to 'just work'. BUT the clerk at Peets advised me that the card had been declined. My subsequent stop at the gas station validated it. A phone call to the service nbr on the back of the card confirmed it. They'd shut me down, and I had no replacement card in hand.
Otnay Ootay Ightbray.
#2: A goodfriend of mine called asking for computer help; he'd forgotten his password and could not login to get his email online at Compuserve's website. I went to their website, clicked on the 'I forgot my password' link, and once I entered his confirmed login name, I clicked the 'next' button, and received a message saying 'your password has been emailed to you'.
Uh.... OK.... uh.... right....
#3: I dropped the 'Cryptocard' I use to remotely log in to Apple's network. The display slipped and became offset, and although it still displayed the numbers, somehow it got out of sync. I could not log in from home, and I called the IT folks the next morning and got it resync'd. It was working again, but they suggested I order a replacement given that the internal display slip might be an ongoing issue. So I ordered a replacement. Can you see where this is going... ? Yep, right back to #1: they shut me down before I received the replacement and I found myself, once again, trying to login from home without success.
... am I being Punk'd or what?