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Why do people are afraid the technology? Today I went to fuel my car. There is a gas station in the supermarket nearby my job. The car was fueling and I looked to the payment boxes and thoses with cashier were with about two cars wating and there was no one at the automatic payment box. Well, my fist thought was to go to the payment boxe with cashier and wait, but then I thought "it is not dificult to pay in the automatic payment box and there is no one there and it will be faster". Honestly I was afraid to pay there, because I payed just once with a cashier helping the clients. The line was increasing while my car was fueling and I decided "to face" the automatic payment box. When I go to the bank, I observe many elderlies using the ATM with someone helping. Honestly, I look to those people and think: I don't want to need help when I get older. I want to be an pro active elderly. If I want to be this kind to person I need to be used to face the technology as a regular thing and not as a difficult thing. Well. Today I gave my first step to be a pro active eldery! I payed by myself in the automatic p. box and It was not difficult and it was fast, actually. Things are just difficult when we don't try it.

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Why are people afraid of technology?

Today I went to fuel up my car. In the US we say "fuel up" or "gas up", but It is possible the way you said it is correct in the UK.
There is a gas station in the supermarket near my job.
The car was fueling and I looked to the payment boxes and those with cashiers had about two cars waiting and there was no one at the automatic payment box.
Well, my fist thought was to go to a payment box with a cashier and wait, but then I thought "it is not difficult to pay in the automatic payment box and there is no one there and it will be faster." 
Honestly I was afraid to pay there, because I payed just once with a cashier helping the clients.
The line was getting longer while my car was fueling and I decided "to face" the automatic payment box.
When I go to the bank, I observe many senior citizens or you can use "elderly people" using the ATM with someone helping.
Honestly, I look to those people and think: I don't want to need help when I get older. I want to be a proactive senior citizen.
If I want to be this kind of person I need to be used to facing technology regularly and not think of it as something difficult.
Well. Today I gave my first step towards being a proactive senior citizen!
I payed by myself in the automatic p. box and It was not difficult and it was fast, actually.
Things are just difficult when we don't try them.



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Great notebook entry!  I am so proud of you for taking on the challenge of using the automatic payment box!  I also really enjoyed reading this because it seems gas stations are very different in your country, and I always like to learn about other places.

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Not sure what's going on, it's not taking my submission :(. I have it saved to my computer so if you want it I can send it to you. You'll need to be able to open .docx files (modern word files).
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Hi Qasem!! I thank you very much!! Actually, I don't know how to use "afraid" correctly, so today I decided to talk about it to practise! THANKS!
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Afraid of technology is correct. meanwhile people are afraid of insecurity , risk and incertitude rather than that of technology. You went to the bank. Don't worry, mistakes help us to learn more; even with more mistakes we learn more!

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