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[_] Approriateness of Technology rant

derek almond home at derekalmond.com
Thu Apr 20 10:32:08 BST 2006

i bet you' just love to have to read all that out on the bus ;-(

>
> Seriously? Strangle someone who put this system in? I had called to
> pay a bill. To do this I needed to provide them with the following
> information:
>
> * Their account number (10 digits)
> * My Credit/Debit card number (16 digits)
> * My card expiry date (4 digits)
> * My CVV number (3 digits)
> * The amount I wanted to pay (5 digits -- yes two decimal places)