Frustrated

 I’ve always thought of myself as easygoing and slow to anger.  In the past when I’ve encountered a problem or a setback, I usually worked through it without getting upset.  That seems to be changing.

Most of my frustrations come when I’m on the computer or on the phone.  I make up my own passwords as I don’t trust the computer to create and keep them.  I remember most passwords and I have a notebook handy when I’m not sure.  Then I get a screen that says my user name or password is incorrect.  I look it up and enter it again.  Same message.  So I say I forgot my password.  To change it, I need to type in my favorite pet’s name.  I get it wrong.  By now, I’m steaming.

Phone calls for me are even worse.  I’m hard of hearing.  Sometimes, my phone connects with my hearing aids and I do pretty well.  When there is no connection, I put the phone on speaker and put it next to my ear.  When I do make a connection, I usually have to talk to a computer, and I’m given choices of what I want to do.  None of them are what I want.  So I finally get a person on the line, and he/she has an accent that I can’t understand.  If Aloma’s around, I’ll ask her to interpret for me.  Otherwise, I hang up.

Now I know sometimes the problem is because I made an error.  But some websites just seem to want to torture me.

I’m only 83 years old.  What will my frustrations be like when I grow old?

Seasoned Man

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