2008-05-28
My Password - so safe, I don't even know it.
So, I'm out of town for the week, but I left the itinerary on my desk at home. No problem - just log in to the company email from the airport on the free wireless connection and download a copy. Good theory, except for those airports where there isn't internet access. Plan B: Call home and have a family member login and check my email. That would work well, except it turns out that I don't know my own password. I had gotten tired of thinking up new passwords, with corporate password change policies, so I currently use a pattern rather than a password. Place hands in well known position on keyboard, and drum out a pattern. The stupid thing is that I can touch type, but I can't name the keys on a keyboard in order, so I don't know my own password. With the failed attempts and guesses, it's a miracle I didn't end up having my account locked out. In the end, I got to town, went to the courtesy phone for car rentals and started calling rental companies with the question "Do I have a car reserved?"
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4 comments:
There are so many things now that need a password it's ridiculous! I can't keep it straight either.
Gary you are so funny! I hate passwords...and I have had some too where I just remembered where to place my fingers. I know the keyboard pretty well though, thanks to keyboarding in high school...Jared still fatasizes about that Swedish place at epcot you two ate at!
I get people at work all the time whose passwords are "1q2w3e4r" or "7890uiop" or "1qaz2wsx". It's funny.
Actually, that pattern-drumming thing sounds like a pretty good idea. We have to change our passwords all the time 'cause Homeland Security says so.
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