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Wednesday 30 September 2009, 10:49 AM
Security? It's the wetware, stupid!
So there I was this morning, nipping down to out to get a pint of milk, when I hear someone reading out a string of numbers. I look round.
There's a man reading a string of numbers -- loudly -- off a credit card into a mobile phone. He's in the middle of a small shopping precinct, right next to a coffee shop within easy earshot of several people enjoying a morning coffee outdoors.
The man then proceeds to read the expiry date, helpfully preceded by the words: "And here's the expiry date", yada yada, followed by: "and the number on the back is 319", followed by his name. Spelt out slowly and carefully, just in case anyone should miss it.
You couldn't make it up...
PreviousComments on this post
'Against stupidity, the very gods themselves contend in vain'
Friedrich Schiller
Trust, Stupidity or Ignorance?
Oh hang on a minute, maybe this person was a criminal who took the biscuit by ordering goods in public!?
That's incredible! 6 months from now when he looks at his bank balance, credit card bill or credit rating, he's not going to have a freaking clue how it happened!
That's both the funniest and the saddest thing I've read all day!
The global public wonders why the economy is in the trash!
Never under estimate the stupidity of the masses.
For the sake of completeness, could you just spell out his details in full? ;)
