listen

while logging in to my e-mail, i requested my cousin beside me to dictate to me the code that she will hear on my phone.  (i have two-step verification.)

she did.

i entered it twice, both times i could not get through.

she then asked me to switch a certain digit.

i did and i was able to gain access.

she blurted out chuckling, 'active listening!  i failed!'

me:  'what's that?'

cousin:  'how well you listen...  we were being tested monthly...'
(she used to work at a call center.)

me:  'oh...  so there is such a test?'

cousin:  'yes...  you have to listen very well otherwise you won't pass...'

hmmm...  if only we had that in daily life...