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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 08:14 PM Sep 2015

my first world pet peeve of the day

You know when you have to enter your credit card information on web forms ? It's always fun when you think you did it exactly correct, and the form rejects your entries for some really obscure reason. Computers are OCD to the max, for sure.

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my first world pet peeve of the day (Original Post) steve2470 Sep 2015 OP
When my credit is at risk ... GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #1
very true steve2470 Sep 2015 #2
Picky like kentauros Sep 2015 #3
yep you nailed it steve2470 Sep 2015 #4

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
2. very true
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 09:32 PM
Sep 2015

I'm forgetting exactly why some of my entries have been rejected, but I was like WTF. So... I did it all over again to their precise standards. I've learned, for instance, to type my address a certain way, because my old way was rejected too often, despite it being 100% correct. Same thing for spaces in the CCN, they almost always reject that, so I just type the whole long damn number.

First world annoyance, truly.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
3. Picky like
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 11:40 PM
Sep 2015

Not accepting dashes in phone numbers
Not accepting the +4 on your zip code
Not accepting every character and symbol you can make on a computer keyboard when creating a new password (as if they want a "Less Strong" password from you)
Not allowing you to copy and paste into text fields

That's all I can remember at the moment that are quite annoying

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