Phishing For Attention

A colleague is tutting loudly and making annoyed sounds at her desk. This means she wants someone to ask her:

Me: “Everything alright, [Colleague]?”

Colleague: “[Store] has this thing I want that I saw on their Facebook. I went there to buy it on my lunch break, but they told me that it was an online-only item!”

Me: “So… buy it online?”

Colleague: “No! I don’t trust online shopping. They’ll steal my credit card information!”

Me: “That stuff is all quite secure. If anything went wrong, you could call your bank, and they’d help you sort it out.”

Colleague: “I don’t want to put my credit card online.”

Me: “Well, I don’t know what to tell you then. If they say it’s only online, you need to buy it online.”

Colleague: “I’ll call them.”

She sits at her desk and calls that store’s help number. After she gets an agent and explains her problem, it sounds like the store agent can help her order her item over the phone.

Colleague: *Loud and clear, in an open office.* “Okay, so my card number is Four, Four, Seven…”

Same volume for the expiry date, the CVV, and her address registered to her card.