I just want to talk about the first online transaction that I made with a credit card.
For so many years with my credit card, I havent tried even once to input any information on it to any online store, because I was, and somehow still am, skeptical about it being secure.
But when I woke up one Saturday afternoon (afternoon, yes. Typical bachelor's life... you know what I mean), I felt too lazy to go out and get some breakfast so I decided to give it a try.
I sat in front of the computer and surfed for online menus. So many choices! I hated that, so I went for the simplest meal.
First I registered as a new user. That was easy as the instructions were pretty straight forward so much designed for a noob. Then came the credit card info. I just woke up, still laid back and didnt want to think about security. Verisign? I didn't care. I couldn't even remember if I saw that on the site.
All I needed to do was input the card number, cvv, and the expiration date and that was all it. I got a confirmation for the order and the eta of my food. It was 60 minutes. Too long compared to just crossing the street and buying it my self. But what could I do, I was too lazy.
My phone rang after about 30 minutes. It was an unregistered number and so I ignored it. I don't answer calls from aliens. But then I thought it might be related to the order that I made. I went out to check, and there was the delivery boy (well he was old and fat to be called a boy) at the door and ha, I got my order:)
I wasn't fond of what I ordered but I had to eat it anyway...
So it was that easy. Normally, easy things are inviting and I will not be surprised if I find my self ordering online again.
Btw, while writing the this...
"How to Tame a Rat to Be Friendly and Social" - found this somewhere at the far north of the web. Errr, just what kind of nonsense is this?
-nightdriver09
-23April2009, 01:10SGT
