Hypothetical Passwords

I write down all my passwords as a convenience for me. I don't think the corporate sites have done this though. One could argue that, yeah, "It's easy for (me) to do that- you are just one person- but WE have millions of customers to bother with! How can WE remember YOUR password??!!" Good question, because evidently you can't!

Got a phone notification that Xfinity billed me for $15 and some odd cents and if I wanted to know why, I could view the bill. OK. I did want to know why, because that was an odd figure. Never been billed that before. Let's have a look.
Mr. Ferrerman, enter and sign in please. 

Email. đź‘ŤPassword. No, that's incorrect. Really? How could that be? I doublechecked for lower case letters, got the required character and numbers... Ah, fuck it- let's do a password change. The fun thing about password changes is that sometimes you can change it to the password you have written down- the one they rejected- and that's a win. Other times they will tell you that password is already in use. Yeah, motherfucker- BY ME! In fact, it's the one I've used successfully in the past. Just not today. I did that today and they accepted it until they didn't, one minute later. 

Dedicated non-readers of this blog might remember that I called Xfinity last year (this past December) to cancel the completely bullshit cable package I got from them. The bot I was talking to assured me that my cancellation would take effect immediately. She (? Do bots have genders??) was wrong about that. I still have the useless TV package. And I'm paying for it still. 

So, what was the billing of $15 and some odd cents about? I may never know! In the quest to go paperless, it's rare to see a bill in the mail, one where your purchases are all laid out for you. Now, you would think that they could show you the bill on the motherfucking email and they could, but they need your password for that. And therein lies the rub. Your password is incorrect. Would you like a new one? They'll send you a code to do that... It's Catch-22 in the seventh circle of Hell. 
Hey- that would be a good password! Got the letters, numbers, just throw a character in there and it's a keeper! Probably already in use though...

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  1. MaggieFebruary 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM

    I cancelled my Guardian membership last night. After I tried to get into my account the whole screen disappeared. Sort of off topic but I watched a YouTube channel where a Chinese woman talks about her day. She went shopping and only used her palm print to pay for groceries. I think we're headed that way.

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM

      Yeah, probably. They'll fuck that up too! Probably got people working on it right now. "You're going to need to change your hand..."

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