23rd November, 2025.
I think we can say Jude — my nephew — has posted his latest video!
Yes, hitting the ‘Like’ button would be very welcome: as would subscribing to his channel.
And mine, if you’re that way inclined!
But I’ll tell you what!
Buying dinner was a job and a half!
We couldn’t place an order through Deliveroo: why, I don’t know!
Then we tried ordering pizza from Dominos.
And couldn’t.
It just wasn’t happening!
It was only then, that I got a message from my bank.
They thought I was being defrauded!
I had to press buttons, and phone them, to find out what was happening!
And assure them that that no: I wasn’t being scammed, my card hadn’t been cloned and I was genuinely trying to order dinner!
And any rate … when we went back to the Dominos site … my payment got declined, again!!!!!!!
I was getting annoyed, by this point: and Jude was definitely underwhelmed.
Both of us were hungry … !
This second time, though … ?
Ever had the feeling you’re being got at?
~≈🍕≈~
That said, I can appreciate my bank’s actions, last night.
Part of their job is to protect their customers from fraud, and to prevent crime.
And?
It’s been a while since I’ve ordered food online: and I’d made multiple attempts to order from different, and very unfamiliar, websites.
So I can’t blame them for automatically going into ‘Protect A Punter’ mode!
But, boy, the timing was wonderful!
About the only upsides to the evening?
Jude managed to get that video uploaded.
And … ?
Pizza never tasted quite so good!
~≈🍕≈~
