But - they might care about Benji.

Guy at work I'm helping to train (nice guy), is trying to pay me for a straight favour. This is the only real clash we have, even though we are really disagreeing about various facets of life. In a really civilised way, where we try to explore alien life styles and thinking.

Anyway - I felt so much pain for him today. He won't use the net, and he won't get a credit card. He has many reasons - some good. Some seem to involve hackers. I think yesterday was when I explained that... maybe hackers could learn everything about you, but the thing is that they don't give a fuck.

Today he had a battle with directory assistance's AVR, and he's had these before, and it's so damn painful to even overhear. I have suggested some cheats for him to reach humans. He is trying to find - in a store he can walk into and use cash - some dog training thing involving Benji.

On returning from lunch I explained my thoughts, which are that I think the whole Benji thing is just wrong. But that his pain and frustration is so sad - I would be happy to make the purchase using the internet and my credit card. My only hesitation is that if a hacker did decide to rummage through my life I could not take the shame of being a Benji product buyer.

Now he is trying to round up the price in gratitude, and I have warned him to not make me refuse to take any money at all. He's tried the 'pay you for your time and funds' thing. The counter is that 2 minutes is not worth $10, and the bank lets me use money for nothing if I pay them back within however long. The card fee - I pay that regardless of Benji.