Amusing yourself with a bank...

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Someone I know has had some problems with theft and their bank and is rather unimpressed about it. When, after much dithering and buck-passing ("It's Paypal's problem"..."It's your bank's problem") it finally got to the stage of setting up new details with their bank, they were asked for a memorable word or phrase for security reasons. There were problems with the phrase they wanted:

First choice: "[Bank's name witheld, just in case] usual level of incompetence."

Problem: The phrase was too long for the box that the bank's employee had to type it in. There wasn't any room for "incompetence". That was amusing in itself.

Second choice: "Incompetence".

Problem: The employee couldn't spell "incompetence".

At that point, they (the person I know) exclaimed "Jesus Christ!" and the bank employee told them that wasn't allowed as a memorable phrase.

Maybe it's me being tired, but I found it funny.
 
lol..having worked in the call centre industry, been a competent person continually having to deal with my colleagues, superiors, and customers total, utter, amazing incompetence, I derived some amusement from this.
 
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most places ask for your mothers maiden name as a security word. My boyfriend had to ring his insurance company for one reason or another
anyway the conversation went a little something like this...

guy: can i have your mothers maiden name please?
bf: my mother doesnt have a maiden name
guy: well, you have given us a security answer
bf: have i? just out of interest what have i put?
Guy: you have actually entered "SHUT UP"

queue both the guy on the phone and my bf laughing for the rest of the conversation
 
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strictly speaking, she can't not have a maiden name as a maiden name is just the name used by a woman since birth. Therefore, you don't need to have been married, and subsequently have changed surname, in order to have a maiden name, as a woman's maiden name can equal her current name.
 
on similar topic

most places ask for your mothers maiden name as a security word. My boyfriend had to ring his insurance company for one reason or another
anyway the conversation went a little something like this...

guy: can i have your mothers maiden name please?
bf: my mother doesnt have a maiden name
guy: well, you have given us a security answer
bf: have i? just out of interest what have i put?
Guy: you have actually entered "SHUT UP"

queue both the guy on the phone and my bf laughing for the rest of the conversation

how crap is that security ?


Ok we need to ask you the password..

What's the pass word

oh well if you ask its...
 
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