@VicToensing Sometimes things we see as simple or routine are intimidating to the elderly. In the example of an alarm system, my elderly single mother would either be intimidated by "doing it wrong" and thus not arm it, or arming it and continually triggering false alarms.
@McDonalds Gave up plying when I saw how ridiculous the odds of winning a prize are.
Odds are 1 in 13 BILLION to win the AA miles. The power ball odds are far better at 1 in 292.2 million.