So my mother in law was havin’ mystery chest pains the other night, so she had to go to the hospital. They checked her out and it wasn’t a heart attack or anything like that, so she had to stay overnight for observation. We were in a hospital way too far away, and my wife wasn’t about to leave her mom, so we stayed over.
Luckily, the new bits of Ball Memorial Hospital are sweet. There was a sofa bed (that we didn’t realize converted until it was too late) and everything was just far more comfortable than it could have been (I think the nurses are probably trained to kick people out when they come in dragging a bunch of Samsonite luggage and having a toothbrush in their mouth though). The best part is the Wi-Fi, which meant as far as work goes it wasn’t a complete loss, I got to squeeze some in.
The downside? I went to pay some of our bills, and Paypal thought our account was hacked and locked it all up. They even took the liberty of filing disputes on our behalf to two of our datacenters. Great!
Don’t get me wrong, if someone logs into my Paypal account from a strange IP address and starts buying shit, I’d truly appreciate this countermeasure. But don’t you think that maybe, just maybe… Paypal should disregard it if you’re going on there to pay companies that you’ve already paid? Every month, we send the same amounts to the same companies around the same time of the month.
Thanks a lot, Mr Paypal hacker, for paying all our bills for us with our money! You saved me so much trouble! Luckily, after making my way through the level 1 Indian call center, the disputes department lady was very helpful and restored everything very quickly.