Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-05-02 10:37:59 +0100, Mike Barnes said:

In uk.d-i-y, Lobster wrote:
Don't you just hate those occasional 'intelligent' systems which try
really hard to stop you from omitting your phone number?

First, you just skip the field - result: invalid entry.
Next you enter "exdirectory" - sorry, try again. Grrr.
So you try 00000000000000. Nope.
Next up: 00000 000000. Yawn.
Then 01000 000000. Bzzzt!
Then 01302 000000. Nooooooooo!

And finally in despair you end up submitting "01302 234756", where
234456 is a random number which will cause the company to waste their
time phoning the poor sod who owns it.

Why can't they just accept that it's totally impossible to force people
to submit their number against their will?

I've not come across one of those. Have you tried entering *their* phone
number?

I hate online forms where you're required to specify a title. What's the
point?

One might actually *have* a title....

Oh yes... IIRC it's *Lord* Hall, isn't it ;-)

BTW you-know-who seems awful quiet these days doesn't he?