The trap of online payments

.............but ended well

I just have a basic flip phone. Unfortunately, this seems to be near an end, as it seems Verizon is dumping us off more and more towers. I can't even get service in the basement of my house, which is downtown. I am NOT looking forward to a "smart phone" which is larger, less rugged and a bunch of nonsense I don't want or use

ANYway, went to pay the bill this morning onliine, and "I guess" the credit card wanted more security. So you "punch the button" and the procedure is supposed to send you a security code by text to your phone (what happens if the phone doesn't work?) and then you enter that text online to finish

BUT THE TRANSACTION kept timing out before the text showed up!!!

Finally had to call the credit card customer service, and AMAZINGLY a well spoken woman who I could actually understand answered and fixed the issue. Frankly, I'm amazed

But "all this ****" is a self fulfilling failed convolution............you have the plastic money, linked to the fake fone, linked to the possibly it works cable internet.......and if one of them fails, you can't pay your effin' bill!!!