DIY

Much “gnashing of teeth” ensued last night after the failed restoration of the Chase® “app” on the new iPhone 15 Pro. So much so that sleep deprivation resulted. This morning, a call was made to customer service. After 15 minutes in the queue, a chat with a representative led to a transfer of the call to the technical support staff. After 30 minutes in the queue, the line simply disconnected itself. Yeah, “things fall apart.”

During coffee time in the dining room of the fast food joint in town, no attempt was made to repeat the earlier phone foolishness. Instead, a brief recollection of the same problem that occurred a while back inspired a solution. In fact, the details are in the Notes post, “FUBAR 2023.” The technical support person initiated the password reset process from the server end. A temporary password was issued by the latter to access the account, then a new password had to be established before logging off. In this case, the password reset was accomplished using the link on the login screen. The process “worked like a charm.”

As stated previously in Notes, this is a bad time to be a senior citizen. Incompetence and stupidity abound everywhere. Critical services (including customer services) is crumbling just like the infrastructure. So, personal problem solving (i.e., “do it yourself” or DIY) must become second nature. In other words, approach all problems as an engineer would.

The calf muscle injury was further aggravated by the extended walking (read: limping) that was required during the evening outing of yesterday. The pain has increased. The healing process may require much more time … all that for the iPhone 15 Pro. And, frankly, there was no real excitement in procuring or using the device. It is essentially the same as the old iPhone 14 Pro. Fortunately, none of the reported problems have been experienced.

A discussion this morning with one of the other senior citizen gym members proved interesting. He stated that he has attended an unusually high number of funerals in the past few months, the deceased being of various ages. Of course, the personal response was to mirror his bewilderment. There’s no point in implicating the mRNA bioweapon. No one would believe that. Little wonder why about 30% of the local population is still wearing face masks full-time.

With the calf muscle injury still lingering, no evening outing was planned. Friday night FOMO will have to work itself out. Alas, maybe an evening spent inspecting the new iPhone 15 Pro can generate some geriatric excitement. Well, maybe not.