*Attempts to log in to e-mail*
Sorry, that password is incorrect. Have you forgotten your password?
*Clicks on ‘forgot password’*
What was your last password?
“If I knew that why would I have said I forgot my password?”
On what date did you set up this e-mail?
“I don’t remember.”
Answer the following verification question: Cthlu fgggyey tusyyi
“WTF?”
Provide the phone number associated with this e-mail so we can send you a verification code
“I registered this e-mail under a different phone number than the one I have now.”
Provide an alternate e-mail that we can send a verification code to
*Checks alternate e-mail*
Dear Google User,ย
This e-mail address is being used to recover a Google account. If you initiated the recovery process, it is asking you to enter the verification code that appears below.
“Huh? What’s ‘it’? Where am I supposed to enter this verification code?”
*Tries entering verification code in to password field*
Sorry, that password is incorrect. Have you forgotten your password?
*Calls help desk*
Hello, how may I help you?”
“I’ve lost my password and I can’t recover it.”
Please give me your name
*Gives name*
Please give me your school ID number
*Gives ID number*
I’m sorry, that number doesn’t match up with the number we have in our system.
“It’s the number I was given the other day.”
Hmm…
“Is there any other way I can access my e-mail?’
Please give me your birth date
*Gives birth date*
Okay, your password has been reset to ********. Try it and see if it works.
*Enters password, holds breath…lets out sigh of relief*
“It works..thanks for your help.”
*Looks at e-mail, sees link to textbook that needs to be ordered*
*Goes to order textbook*
Please enter your password
*Enters password*
Sorry, that password is incorrect. Have you forgotten your password?
*Head explodes*
Oy vey.
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Yep! Been there, done that. Sending virtual margarita STAT๐น๐
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Haha! I started keeping a list in my phone because I canโt remember!
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Yep! Email Password Hell. I’m going through this right now, with Yahoo (their name says it all, doesn’t it?) ๐. I really feel for you. It’s really frustrating ๐๐ธ
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This. Exactly. So much so that I actually keep different passwords on different Firefox and Google Chrome because it always seems one won’t transfer to the other one. Then I can say, only access Facebook on one, and only access my blog on the other. I hate passwords.
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