Fuckin' right I'm pissed off!
I went to the bank this morning because they'd "updated" my online banking security with a nifty number generator gadget (I'm all for nifty number generator gadgets) without actually sending me said gadget. Fine, I get one in the store and get to activate it...
Now WHY THE FUCK does a security system enhanced with a number generator which "could" on prompt spit out any combination of numbers even in response to other number combinations (it has a num-pad, DUH!) - WHY THE FUCK does this system still need MEMORABLE QUESTIONS????
OH yeah and then why not make one of those questions NECESSARILY about something FAVOURITE because everyone has a FAVOURITE car/dish/music artist/plant/animal/colour??!! NO THEY FUCKIN' DON'T!!!!
NOT EVERYBODY DOES FAVOURITISM!!!! And if I like Amy MacDonald just as much as I like the Stones I'm not gonna be able to remember which one I chose!!!
I HATE FUCKIN' INEFFICIENT SYSTEMS!!!!
Am I bitter on the second day back from holidays? FUCKIN' RIGHT I AM!!!
And because this isn't just about banks, here's another thing I encountered when I went into WHSmith.
I bought a new Diary and while I was waiting for them to process my card payment their machine spits out TWO extra receipts, which I am then honoured to take away with me, telling me about an amazing £5 off (my next purchase over £15 in two weeks time; when I will have forgotten about this voucher (and let's be honest who goes and buys stuff for £15 in WHS)) and a whooping 20% off children's stationery/books/back to school items because 'Hey' I might want to buy them; NO I FUCKIN' DON'T! HOW DARE YOU PRESUME I DO!!!
I went to the bank this morning because they'd "updated" my online banking security with a nifty number generator gadget (I'm all for nifty number generator gadgets) without actually sending me said gadget. Fine, I get one in the store and get to activate it...
Now WHY THE FUCK does a security system enhanced with a number generator which "could" on prompt spit out any combination of numbers even in response to other number combinations (it has a num-pad, DUH!) - WHY THE FUCK does this system still need MEMORABLE QUESTIONS????
OH yeah and then why not make one of those questions NECESSARILY about something FAVOURITE because everyone has a FAVOURITE car/dish/music artist/plant/animal/colour??!! NO THEY FUCKIN' DON'T!!!!
NOT EVERYBODY DOES FAVOURITISM!!!! And if I like Amy MacDonald just as much as I like the Stones I'm not gonna be able to remember which one I chose!!!
I HATE FUCKIN' INEFFICIENT SYSTEMS!!!!
Am I bitter on the second day back from holidays? FUCKIN' RIGHT I AM!!!
And because this isn't just about banks, here's another thing I encountered when I went into WHSmith.
I bought a new Diary and while I was waiting for them to process my card payment their machine spits out TWO extra receipts, which I am then honoured to take away with me, telling me about an amazing £5 off (my next purchase over £15 in two weeks time; when I will have forgotten about this voucher (and let's be honest who goes and buys stuff for £15 in WHS)) and a whooping 20% off children's stationery/books/back to school items because 'Hey' I might want to buy them; NO I FUCKIN' DON'T! HOW DARE YOU PRESUME I DO!!!
