Do you use your powers for good or for awesome?

13:42 <meekay> I was on a train once and the woman in front of me called her bank and started giving them identifying information over the phone.
13:42 <meekay> Name, birthdate, social security number…
13:43 <meekay> I was like, “I must not use my powers for evil… I must not use my powers for evil…”

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  1. mjm
    Posted 8/7/2005 at 4:41 pm | Permalink

    On a Metra in 2000, I was in near a cell-user like this. After she had started giving her information, I whipped out a pen and paper and started scribbling, starting with what I remembered from the start of the conversation. During times she helped me out by repeating the information, louder.

    I got everything above, including the “passphrase,” and even some account number.

    When I got off the train, I handed her the paper while addressing her by her first name “Here you go, Whatever,” and kept walking.

    Lesson here: have a pen and paper handy on Public Transit. Carbon paper optional.

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