I did open up a request with Discover's help. They said oh noooo there is no way to disable this or stop it from doing that. Oh ho ho ho no (even though it didn't exist seven days ago).
This is Brianna in the Ohio center. Thank you for messaging in, I hope you are having a great day so far! I see you are inquiring about the security feature. We do not have a way of turning off the security for logging into your account. If the system wants to verify further we are not able to turn that off, this is to keep the account secure. Was this information helpful?
I am very sorry to hear that you will no longer be using your Discover card. The 2 factor authentication is strictly for security measures to protect your account.
Because it's not the gal's fault, and because it could be an AI agent I just said ok, I'll just use a different card from a different company. Which I will. They made their choice, I made mine. How fucking companies let this same stupid decision ruin people using their products, I will never, ever know.
Walgreens, where my wife and I pick up our prescriptions, has my wife's last name on record with the apostrophe, and mine without. It could be the other way around. We always forget which of our accounts has the apostrophe and which does not.
Every time we go through the drive-thru to pick up a prescription and they ask for the name, we have to explain to them "it may have the apostrophe and it may not." When both of us have a prescription to pick up, we have to explain that the names will be in the system differently. this always leads to them looking us up by date of birth which is fine, but it's never the first step.
We've already asked. Nobody who uses the system has the ability to update it.
Oh, and while this is a Walgreens policy complaint more than a computer programming complaint, when both of us have a prescription to pick up they make each one of us verify our address. It's the same address. And we're both there, side by side.
Flack wrote: Mon Apr 14, 2025 10:55 am
Great Moments in Computer Programming:
Walgreens, where my wife and I pick up our prescriptions, has my wife's last name on record with the apostrophe, and mine without. It could be the other way around. We always forget which of our accounts has the apostrophe and which does not.
Every time we go through the drive-thru to pick up a prescription and they ask for the name, we have to explain to them "it may have the apostrophe and it may not." When both of us have a prescription to pick up, we have to explain that the names will be in the system differently. this always leads to them looking us up by date of birth which is fine, but it's never the first step.
We've already asked. Nobody who uses the system has the ability to update it.
Oh, and while this is a Walgreens policy complaint more than a computer programming complaint, when both of us have a prescription to pick up they make each one of us verify our address. It's the same address. And we're both there, side by side.
Sadder example: Total Wine and More is completely unable to remove my old rewards account attached to a phone I had long ago. Apparently I would have to write a letter.
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Mon Apr 14, 2025 8:38 am
I check my Discover balance every day, I check all my financial balances every day.
Wow.
I thought I was anal by actually looking at my statements every month. I know a TON of people who dont. I think I annoy my wife when I ask "What you did buy at <insertstorehere>?".
I cant imagine looking at them all every day. Well played.
I can't not look at them all. I don't know why. It's become a habit, I guess. But I also pretty much buy everything on credit cards to get points and to not give stores and websites access to my debit account. I then pay the credit cards off each day so I don't accumulate a balance, and then when there are enough points, I get something fun for myself.
I admit that I am a problem (but not remembering the computer when you click a box to remember a computer is also a problem).
I sort of like it coming out of the bank account at regular intervals. It lets me know "how I am doing" for the two week period before I get paid again. As I have and use a Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Discover card, I would not want to hold the aggregate total in my head when I can just pay them off each day or days. Sometimes they don't let you pay it off every day, I have found.
This reminds me of how I sometimes choose Amazon's slowest shipping method when they offer to throw some digital credits which I eventually use for buying or renting videos. The frustrating thing is that they don't charge my card until the item is shipped and it occasionally messes up how much I think I have at my disposal later in the week. It's like, I don't care when you actually ship it, but just charge me right away so it doesn't fuck me up later. (because, yes, I'm using a debit card)
I sort of like it coming out of the bank account at regular intervals. It lets me know "how I am doing" for the two week period before I get paid again. As I have and use a Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Discover card, I would not want to hold the aggregate total in my head when I can just pay them off each day or days. Sometimes they don't let you pay it off every day, I have found.
Good on you. Thats a ton of discipline right there.
Roody_Yogurt wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:46 pm
This reminds me of how I sometimes choose Amazon's slowest shipping method when they offer to throw some digital credits which I eventually use for buying or renting videos. The frustrating thing is that they don't charge my card until the item is shipped and it occasionally messes up how much I think I have at my disposal later in the week. It's like, I don't care when you actually ship it, but just charge me right away so it doesn't fuck me up later. (because, yes, I'm using a debit card)
ICJ - I think he does this because he wants us to order more and wants to eat the processing less: just leave your payment card locked until Amazon complains, open your card, log in and update payment method for the order.
I also make sure to never choose the just one delivery garbage, if I didn't have a box of pens I'd love to make him send a whole truck to me for this:
Items:$0.89
Shipping & handling:$0.00
Estimated tax to be collected:$0.09
Order total:$0.98
