Rubenerd

I couldn’t help but chuckle about how desensitised I’ve become to this:

1. Click the link to the well-known external payment processor.

2. Type my username (from my password manager).

3. Click Continue.

4. Click all the “traffic lights”.

5. Click Continue.

6. Be told I missed some, and to try again.

7. Click all the “crosswalks”, after figuring out what a “crosswalk” is. An angry hiker? This isn’t a word we use here, so that’s an 1i7n fail.

8. Click Continue.

9. Type my password (from my password manager).

10. Choose a two-factor auth method out of a list of one.

11. Click Continue.

12. Wait for the 6-digit code.

13. Type the 6-digit code.

14. Read premature validation text warning me in scary red text that the code I’m in the middle of typing “should be six digits”.

15. Click Continue.

16. Click Agree and Pay.

17. Wait to return to merchant store.

18. Receive timeout alert.

Wait, what was I buying again? Was this service trying to tell me I needed to save money? Touché.