Identity cards - the future

[AlanHo]

One persons idea of what the consequences could be in the future......

ORDERING A PIZZA... in 2007

Operator: "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your..."

Customer: "Hi, I'd like to order."

Operator: "May I have your NIDN first, sir?"

Customer: "My National ID Number, yeah, hold on, eh, it's

6102049998-45-54610."

Operator: "Thank you, Mr. Sheehan. I see you live at 1742 Meadowland Drive, and the phone number's 494-2366. Your office number over at Lincoln Insurance is 745-2302 and your cell number's 266-2566. Which number are you calling from, sir?"

Customer: "Huh? I'm at home. Where d'ya get all this information?"

Operator: "We're wired into the system, sir."

Customer: (Sighs) "Oh, well, I'd like to order a couple of your All-Meat Special pizzas..."

Operator: "I don't think that's a good idea, sir."

Customer: "Whaddya mean?"

Operator: "Sir, your medical records indicate that you've got very high blood pressure and extremely high cholesterol. Your National Health Care provider won't allow such an unhealthy choice."

Customer: "Damn. What do you recommend, then?"

Operator: "You might try our low-fat Soybean Yogurt Pizza. I'm sure you'll like it."

Customer: "What makes you think I'd like something like that?"

Operator: "Well, you checked out 'Gourmet Soybean Recipes' from your local library last week, sir. That's why I made the suggestion."

Customer: "All right, all right. Give me two family-sized ones, then. What's the damage?"

Operator: "That should be plenty for you, your wife and your four kids, sir. The 'damage,' as you put it, heh, heh, comes $49.99."

Customer: "Lemme give you my credit card number."

Operator: "I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid you'll have to pay in cash. Your credit card balance is over its limit."

Customer: "I'll run over to the ATM and get some cash before your driver gets here."

Operator: "That won'! t work either, sir. Your checking account's overdrawn."

Customer: "Never mind. Just send the pizzas. I'll have the cash ready. How long will it take?"

Operator: "We're running a little behind, sir. It'll be about 45 minutes, sir. If you're in a hurry you might want to pick 'em up while you're out getting the cash, but carrying pizzas on a motorcycle can be a little awkward."

Customer: "How the hell do you know I'm riding a bike?"

Operator: "It says here you're in arrears on your car payments, so your car got repo'ed. But your Harley's paid up, so I just assumed that you'd be using it."

Customer: "@#%/$@&?#!&?#!"

Operator: "I'd advise watching your language, sir. You've already got a July 2006 conviction for cussing out a cop."

Customer: (Speechless)

Operator: "Will there be anything else, sir?"

Customer: "No, nothing. oh, yeah, don't forget the two free liters of Coke your ad says I get with the pizzas."

Operator: "I'm sorry sir, but our ad's exclusionary clause prevents us from offering free soda to diabetics."

[-pops-]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Problem there is that it could be all too real.

[Hurdy]

I'm not laughing

[andsome]

I'm in favour of ID cards. The above just would NOT happen. An ID card could however replace all the credit and debit cards, show our N.I.number, blood group, bank account number, benefits details etc etc. It would help prevent fraud and ensure that cash goes where it should.

[expertec]

People will fake ID cards just like they fake everything else

[Sir Radfordin]

I'm yet to speak to a "pizza order taker" that would be capable of working out how to piece all those bits of information together ;)

[expertec]

Maybe it was a machine :rolleyes:

[-pops-]

I'm in favour of ID cards.  The above just would NOT happen.  An ID card could however replace all the credit and debit cards, show our N.I.number, blood group, bank account number, benefits details etc etc.  It would help prevent fraud and ensure that cash goes where it should.

- - - and when you lose it?

Are you disenfranchised?

I am not against the philosophy behind identity cards per se, just the bull in a china shop way that the thing seems to be approached. It needs much more than that oaf, Blunkett, to give real thought to the scheme.

But, as is constantly being uttered, within minutes of any scheme being approved, there will be forgeries available just as there are with bank cards, passports, monetary bonds, computer programs (especially operating systems) and any consumer article of any value at all.