How Can I Forget ?!

@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
October 2, 2015 12:37am CST
Yesterday morning , I passed by the bank’s ATM to withdraw some of my salary before proceeding to the office . It rejected my card and said I have a wrong password. It tried it twice and have same message . I checked my note on my smartphone about that certain ATM card’s password and was surprised to see that I entered a wrong password indeed ! I got confused with the last two digits . Oh my , I am really getting old because I got confused with the correct passwordof an ATM card I always use ?
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34 responses
@vandana7 (100127)
• India
2 Oct 15
I will tell you something that will make you feel younger. I don't know how to use ATM card.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
2 Oct 15
I've never used one, either. I don't trust electronics with my money.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
Our salary is being credited to our ATM cards that's why we have no choice but to have it . Though , i find it convenient to use because whenever i don't have cash in my wallet anymore i can withdraw from any ATM . I can also use it to purchase items from malls.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
@bagarad Really ? I thought most people have ATM cards already . Here in the Philippines , even the senior people uses ATM because it's where their monthly pensions are being credited .
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@LadyDuck (470823)
• Switzerland
2 Oct 15
I am glad that the ATM machine did not "blocked" your card. At the third wrong code our cards are blocked and you need to ask a new one.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Oct 15
@LadyDuck Oh that's difficult inddeed if that's the case .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
Yes, that's why on the second attempt , i stopped and took a look at my note . I have to make sure or else , i will wait for 24 hours or maybe more.
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@LadyDuck (470823)
• Switzerland
2 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD At least you can use it again after 24 hours, we have to ask for a new card with a new code.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Oct 15
Don't feel bad, because it happens to all of us from time to time. I have forgot mine a few times, but i did have it written down, so I was able to look it up and do it correctly. The one thing I forget and I shouldn't is my phone number. I never call myself, so there have been times when I had to give it and couldn't remember it. How embarrassing that was.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Oct 15
Yes, i think so too , that everyone of us has this forgetful moment . Oh about our own telephone number , i memorized it well . Also of my daughter's and husband's .
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD You know, though it seems funny, when someone asks me my phone number, I have to think about it. I know I shouldn;t forget it, but when I don't call it, I am going to forget it. Maybe I should write it down and carry it with me.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
5 Oct 15
@rosekiss i think part of the problem is that we are so used to just pressing a button when we want to call a number programmed into the phone, so we don't have to remember a number to call. So what we don't use we forget.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
2 Oct 15
Happens. It happened twice with me and on both occasions I put the wrong password thrice, and got my card blocked for 24 hours. On one case, it was manageable error. But on one, I was in a different city and did need my money Urgently. It is not old age, but definitely some other thought that keeps you occupied and you brain does have not enough liberty to search its database for the right combination
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
So what happened when you erroneously pinned your ATM , and you need the money urgently ? Yes, i know that it isn't old age because there are younger ones who forgets their passwords also.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
@Unforgettable_Raja Kumar ? A mylotter too ? He must have been fuming inside for your being so insistent on your concern.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
2 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD Here in India, we get our cards blocked and rendered useless at any of thos ATMs or even POS for next 24 hours. On that case, I had to call up dad from my hotel's phone (as I even did not have enough to pay for PCO). He arranged some money from his friend who stayed in that city. I realized later that I had panicked, as I still had two days more to stay at that hotel and could have asked them to keep adding to my bills.
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@jstory07 (139354)
• Roseburg, Oregon
2 Oct 15
Sometimes you just go blank and do not know but than it all comes back to you.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
Indeed and i know i am not alone on this .
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
2 Oct 15
I'm glad I don't have to deal with that problem since I only use one ATM card. Reminds me of my dad who confuses and forgets his passwords for his online accounts all the time. One time I told him that he could recover his password by email. But his reply was "What if I forgot my email password, too?"
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
Oh that can really happen , for him to forget his email password too.
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• Philippines
2 Oct 15
@cahaya maybe because for the older generation, they were few and simple. they only had to remember bank account numbers, social security numbers, and tax account numbers. oh, and landline numbers.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
2 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD Yeah, he only remembers the one he used for his work. He keeps on opening new email accounts and keep forgetting the password for every single one of them.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
2 Oct 15
Yes, the age is catching you up fast. Please accept it that you are getting older. It should not be difficult to remember four letter ATM pin. Don't worry, it sometimes so happens with us that we get confused and it's normal so you should take it easy.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
2 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD It is always better to accept the reality. .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
Yes, i have accepted the fact that i am old already 5 years ago when i reached the golden age . And i know too that this happens to a lot of people , even the younger ones .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
2 Oct 15
It's hard if you change them frequently. But we all have our moments where our minds go blank at the bank.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Oct 15
Yes, the frequent changing can confuse us indeed . What i remembered and inoutted that day was my orevious one that i changed because i also forgot it , about more than a year ago .
@topffer (42156)
• France
2 Oct 15
When we are getting old, we forget things. I have not forgotten my ATM pin code yet, but I have forgotten my credit card on the top of an ATM machine once in a railway station, and it was not better.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
3 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD Nobody used it, but nobody brought it to the police, and my bank gave me a new credit card.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Oct 15
@topffer Oh really ! How wonderful ! Here, even if you didn't lose your card , some scammers would be able to copy it and purchase from it. I don't know where they get the credit card number . I suppose because they saw it thru online purchases.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Oct 15
Oh my ! So , were you able to retrieve it ? Didn't somebody used it to purchase things ?
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@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
4 Oct 15
it happens sometimes. I forget it once in a blue. Like a brain fart. it just goes blank. Don't worry about it. We all seem to contribute it to getting old. Most likely we have too much on our minds.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Oct 15
Brain fart - - - i heard that from @topffer . I guess it's just that indeed .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Oct 15
@inertia4 Yes , i know . The bitter reality of life.
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@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
5 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD It happens. Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason as to why it happens. We all go through that.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
2 Oct 15
I think we all have too many numbers to remember. Sometimes I can't even remember my phone number, since I don't call myself.
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@vandana7 (100127)
• India
3 Oct 15
Why I never thought of that, but now that you pointed it out, yes, I too have that problem off and on, especially when I am tense.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Oct 15
@vandana7 I wasn't even tense at all . Yet , i forgot it ! It's weird .
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
Well, for numbers not always used , it's understandable that they be forgotten over time of no usage . But for always used one like my ATM card , it's a wonder why i suddenly can't remember it right at that time .
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@cgalavia (1436)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
It happens sometimes.I even forgot my password in my debit card and up to now I don't know what was really my password.I totally forgot it's maybe because I changed it before.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
Oh yes , this card of mine , i had the password changed many months ago because i forgot it . I found out that i just interchanged the last 2 digits and this time it happened again . Good thing , i had it noted on my phone .
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@cgalavia (1436)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD Lucky you to recovered it while mine still wondering I noted it too to my notebook but still the same.For sure now you're happy to have got your salary.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Oct 15
@cgalavia I was actual;ly relieved ! Imagine if i hadn't gotten it . My daughter was already waiting for her allowance to be sent that day .
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
13 Oct 15
I have so many passwords, I have to write them all down. Hopefully you did not get locked out. Usually it is three times and locked out for 24 hours, but different places do it different.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
14 Oct 15
Yes, it's also 3x here before you can be locked out . Luckily after two attempts i take a look at my listing of passwords for each account .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
14 Oct 15
@Gwensmom Thank you for saying that .
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
14 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD Very smart to do that.
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• Kolkata, India
5 Oct 15
do you think you are over-reacting a little bit?? may be its not because of getting old..may e it was just a harmless mistake.. a lot of people forgets password of theri email including me..
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Oct 15
Well, can you blame me ? I am already 55 year old so i always think i am old already . But anyway , we all experience momentarily forgetfulness . And that day wasn't an exception .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Oct 15
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• Kolkata, India
5 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD of course..that happens to almost everyone in this world...its in human nature to forget stuff..
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@rusty2rusty (6763)
• Defiance, Ohio
2 Oct 15
I do that sometimes. As I have two atm cards. Both are green from different banks. I use different passwords for both.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
I have other cards too . But this one is the one i always use because it's our payroll account . So, forgetting the password made me think that i am already getting old indeed.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
@Unforgettable_Raja How old are you , my friend because you seem to be forgetful indeed . Me, i am not really . I just don't know why i forgot it that day .
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
2 Oct 15
Its ok..we all do it..hope it didn't lock you out though
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
5 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD Hopefully it never happens again..hahah
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Oct 15
@Rosekitty I really hope so too . I have doubled my fish oil intake since the past week .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Oct 15
Good thing at the third attempt i try to take a look at my planner already .
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• New Delhi, India
2 Oct 15
Fortunately, I am so far good in numbers. Nevertheless, have kept my total aggregate marks in Board Exam. followed by a zero as my ATM pin, which I will change after one year with my aggregate marks in another Board Exam.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
Hmm , that a good way to remember your ATM pin . Very witty !
• New Delhi, India
3 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD Give it a try!
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• Mumbai, India
2 Oct 15
Yaa accept the reality that u get older too much
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Oct 15
I already did since i reached 50 5 years ago . But honestly , i am not forgetful . I still have a retentive memory in fact . It's just that momentarily forgetfulness that day .
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Oct 15
• Delhi, India
3 Oct 15
My card once got blocked because of a similar reason as yours.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Oct 15
Maybe because you have tried and failed for three times already . Me , on the third time it was already correct so it wasn't blocked . x
• Delhi, India
3 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD yeah i made 3 failed attempts
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
24 Dec 15
its also happened with me for few times because i have 2 debit card and my password are almost same so while i enter pin its shown wrong because i entered wrong so dont feel old me too suffer from it and while i have to pay at shopping so at last i used second card.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
28 Dec 15
Well actually , there are younger people who also are forgetful and it's my consolation .
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
28 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD yes its true sometimes we can able to see that thing which is in front of us..