In the continuing saga of signing up
for social security, I give up trying to do it on-line & call. A very nice
lady explains that the credit bureaus can’t find me & therefore they can’t
verify my address & therefore I can’t set up an account. While it’s nice to
be incognito, it has become apparent that I need this income, so we proceeded. (Applying
for benefits is another section of the website). After multiple attempts, I get
back to my application & after 30 minutes or so of looping & cycling
through, figure out I should push “No, Return to Application,” but I have been
selecting “Yes, Save & Exit.” It’s embarrassing because not only do I
design and build web sites, I am a certified on-line course developer and
instructor & have done so for many years. I have been paying bills on-line
for four decades; I have been arguing with computers since the early 80’s. And worst
of all, once again I am back in school of all levels, messing up tests
& licensing exams - the foibles of too fast visual processing in which one skips
important details. Today I shall remember that the Tortoise wins the race.
