Tuesday, July 05, 2005
"Please Log In"
Computers are a marvelous invention but can at the same time be one of the most frustrating pieces of equipment known to mankind! Having spent the better part of the last hour in a vain attempt to check my email from my house in Florida, this conglomeration of chips and boards is lucky to still be in one piece.
Checking email is usually a simple thing or so one would think. It appears the gods of remotely connecting to an email source are in a bit of a playful mood today. They lead you down the garden path as you log on to your normal email carrier and are greeted by name. My, how easy was that?! It's so nice to be recognized. But don't be fooled! The gremlins are laying in wait just behind the "Check my email" icon, ready to pounce, inflicting mounting frustration as you are asked to log in. You dutifully type in your user name and password, click "log in" and ....... you are back to the Log In screen again. OK, let's try this one more time. User name, password, log in.....aha! success! There's that pesky Email Preview screen. Now where the heck is my inbox? Hmmm....well, let's just open the first email and see where that leads. It's nothing really interesting judging from the title, just an advertisement from Sears but nonetheless, it's a beginning. Click on the Sears email and............not again!!!! That dang log in screen is back!!!
Maybe it's just got a memory problem today so here we go again....user name, password, log in. Fingers tapping as you wait and there's that stupid log in screen again!! Once more...user name, password, log in....using just a tad more force punching the keys hoping to intimidate the system into obedience.....NOOOOO!!! "Please Log In". Finally the frustration level boils over as you yell "I DID THAT DUMMY" into the screen. Needless to say, screaming at your computer doesn't faze it a bit but it does save it from being smashed into the nearest wall.
OK,OK...deep breath as we close that screen and go back to the welcome screen. Type in your email site, gently now. There's that greeting beckoning you into the portals of Hell.....Check Email.....click.....Please Log In...user name, password, log in, click..................."Please Log In".............user name, password, log in, click.................."Please Log In"...........Welcome to the Twilight Zone.........Please Log In....click, click, click...........beeeeeeeeeeep.......
Computers are a marvelous invention but can at the same time be one of the most frustrating pieces of equipment known to mankind! Having spent the better part of the last hour in a vain attempt to check my email from my house in Florida, this conglomeration of chips and boards is lucky to still be in one piece.
Checking email is usually a simple thing or so one would think. It appears the gods of remotely connecting to an email source are in a bit of a playful mood today. They lead you down the garden path as you log on to your normal email carrier and are greeted by name. My, how easy was that?! It's so nice to be recognized. But don't be fooled! The gremlins are laying in wait just behind the "Check my email" icon, ready to pounce, inflicting mounting frustration as you are asked to log in. You dutifully type in your user name and password, click "log in" and ....... you are back to the Log In screen again. OK, let's try this one more time. User name, password, log in.....aha! success! There's that pesky Email Preview screen. Now where the heck is my inbox? Hmmm....well, let's just open the first email and see where that leads. It's nothing really interesting judging from the title, just an advertisement from Sears but nonetheless, it's a beginning. Click on the Sears email and............not again!!!! That dang log in screen is back!!!
Maybe it's just got a memory problem today so here we go again....user name, password, log in. Fingers tapping as you wait and there's that stupid log in screen again!! Once more...user name, password, log in....using just a tad more force punching the keys hoping to intimidate the system into obedience.....NOOOOO!!! "Please Log In". Finally the frustration level boils over as you yell "I DID THAT DUMMY" into the screen. Needless to say, screaming at your computer doesn't faze it a bit but it does save it from being smashed into the nearest wall.
OK,OK...deep breath as we close that screen and go back to the welcome screen. Type in your email site, gently now. There's that greeting beckoning you into the portals of Hell.....Check Email.....click.....Please Log In...user name, password, log in, click..................."Please Log In".............user name, password, log in, click.................."Please Log In"...........Welcome to the Twilight Zone.........Please Log In....click, click, click...........beeeeeeeeeeep.......
