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  • Spectacular address fail

    2 in one week!

    I now have to keep a file of photocopied registration cards of people too stupid to know thier own address.

    I have a guest in the hotel tonight from the somewhat-nearby town of Campbell River. I know this because I saw his ID, which lists his address, which does not even remotely relate to what he wrote down.

    For 'City' (Campbell River) he wrote down 'Camp hill'
    Postal code: 41j <drawing of a seagull>
    Phone: Even though I know its not valid, I won't put down what he wrote, but it's WAY too many digits. Even if it were an international call, with a line extention, it's still WAY too many digits. It's as though he got caught up in the act of writing down numbers and just kept going until he had gone through the whole list a couple of times.

    And my personal favorite: for 'State' he wrote down '4'.... then crossed it out, and left the rest blank.



    Little bit of background: One interesting inconsistancy of the software we use at the hotel is that registration cards ask for 'State' (as opposed to 'Province') and 'Postal Code' (as opposed to 'Zip Code')
    Also, in the drop down list for 'Country' our software makes a distinction between East and West Germany, but lists only 'Korea' instead of North & South Korea.
    Tunisia is an available choice of country, Russia is not.
    Also the whole thing runs on windows 3.1
    Aliterate : A person who is capable of reading but unwilling to do so.

    "A man who does not read has no advantage over a man who cannot" - Mark Twain

  • #2
    Quoth infinitemonkies View Post
    Little bit of background: One interesting inconsistancy of the software we use at the hotel is that registration cards ask for 'State' (as opposed to 'Province') and 'Postal Code' (as opposed to 'Zip Code')
    Also, in the drop down list for 'Country' our software makes a distinction between East and West Germany, but lists only 'Korea' instead of North & South Korea.
    Tunisia is an available choice of country, Russia is not.
    Also the whole thing runs on windows 3.1
    Hooray for over 20 year old software. Probably 25 year old.
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    • #3
      Quoth infinitemonkies View Post
      Also the whole thing runs on windows 3.1
      windows 3.1
      wow... that is an antique

      Oh, and that address fail even has me in pain... gah, the stupid is strong
      If you wish to find meaning, listen to the music not the song

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      • #4
        My favorite is still the guy who spelled Toronto "Toronoto" and put down 12 digits for his postal code, one of them being, as nearly as I can translate, the hieroglphyic for 'chicken'
        Aliterate : A person who is capable of reading but unwilling to do so.

        "A man who does not read has no advantage over a man who cannot" - Mark Twain

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        • #5
          Quoth infinitemonkies View Post
          My favorite is still the guy who spelled Toronto "Toronoto"
          Okay, I have to comment here.

          I don't know why, but "Toronto" is a word I have seriously trouble typing. If I am not paying attention and just typing at my usual speed, it almost always comes out "Toronot" or Toronoto." I don't know why. I know how to spell it. I can write it. But for whatever reason, my fingers don't seem to want to spell it right on a keyboard. I have a few other words like that, that my fingers seem to think are spelled differently, but "Toronto" is one that drives me nuts.

          Now, I realize the guy was writing it, but still, it is just a one-letter mistake. Unlike the rest of his information, this mistake is basically excusable.

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          Still A Customer."

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          • #6
            Yeah, that's not so much sucky, just amusing. It's also fun to say.

            Here's what I find interesting:
            Canadian Postal Codes (for those of you playing along at home) consist of 6 digits in the format of letter-number-letter space number-letter-number. To illustrate the example, growing up my postal code was N4K 5W4.

            In theory, there are about 17.5 million possible combinations, however I have now had TWO different guests who were under the impression that not only did they have a postal code with a non-standard number of digits, but that one of those digits was a visual representation of a bird, instead of an alphanumeric.

            And neither was from Nunavut, where I would be willing to believe that
            <bird> <budweiser> <moron> space <polar bear> <fat-ugly-chick-who-thinks-she's-hot> <pants>
            actually is a valid postal code, as the alphabet and single digit numbers are way above the average educational level.
            Aliterate : A person who is capable of reading but unwilling to do so.

            "A man who does not read has no advantage over a man who cannot" - Mark Twain

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            • #7
              You should check to see if Siam is one of the countries.
              To right the countless wrongs of our days... We shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise...Oh, what a wonderful world such would be...

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              • #8
                I worked at a company a few years back that was still running DOS based programs from the early 80s. Many companies will stick with a piece of software until it is beyond obsolete, waiting until the last possible second to replace/upgrade because it's cheaper to do it that way.
                "If we refund your money, give you a free replacement and shoot the manager, then will you be happy?" - sign seen in a restaurant

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                • #9
                  Quoth infinitemonkies View Post
                  My favorite is still the guy who spelled Toronto "Toronoto" and put down 12 digits for his postal code, one of them being, as nearly as I can translate, the hieroglphyic for 'chicken'
                  Back in the 18th century, the Mikmaq indians in the eastern Canada/New England area used hieroglyphics as their written language. Maybe he was one of them.
                  "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Jester View Post
                    " it almost always comes out "Toronot" or Toronoto." I don't know why.
                    It is because you are probably right-handed and the final T and O are typed with opposite fingers.

                    There is an interesting phenomenon at work here that is explained in the notes at the Wikipedia article on the common typo: 'Teh'
                    In short it is because the message from your brain to your dominant hand moves slightly faster than to your other hand.
                    ( LOL-'otehr' is my own most common mistake and I made it writing the above line!)
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                    • #11
                      I tend to misspell my own name when I'm typing fast. That dominant-hand theory makes sense, though, now that you mention it. I have an EI in my name, which I often reverse, and I am right-handed...
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                      I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
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                      • #12
                        Quoth infinitemonkies View Post
                        Yeah, that's not so much sucky, just amusing. It's also fun to say.

                        Here's what I find interesting:
                        Canadian Postal Codes (for those of you playing along at home) consist of 6 digits in the format of letter-number-letter space number-letter-number. To illustrate the example, growing up my postal code was N4K 5W4.

                        In theory, there are about 17.5 million possible combinations, however I have now had TWO different guests who were under the impression that not only did they have a postal code with a non-standard number of digits, but that one of those digits was a visual representation of a bird, instead of an alphanumeric.

                        And neither was from Nunavut, where I would be willing to believe that
                        <bird> <budweiser> <moron> space <polar bear> <fat-ugly-chick-who-thinks-she's-hot> <pants>
                        actually is a valid postal code, as the alphabet and single digit numbers are way above the average educational level.
                        Actually, assuming that they use A-Z (or Zed) and 0-9, the total possible combinations would be 36,000,000.

                        And shouldn't that be <bird> <budweiser> <moron> space <polar bear> <fat-ugly-chick-who-thinks-she's-hot> <neon-pink-camo-pants>

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Stryker One View Post
                          <neon-pink-camo-pants>
                          Totally OT, but I own a pair of those. They're not nearly as neon as I'd like, however.

                          ^-.-^
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                          • #14
                            She has been assimilated by the pod people of the north! Quick! I need 4 ccs of Scottish tartan and a bagpipe player! STAT!
                            Bark like a chicken!

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                            • #15
                              Quoth infinitemonkies View Post
                              2 in one week!



                              Little bit of background: One interesting inconsistancy of the software we use at the hotel is that registration cards ask for 'State' (as opposed to 'Province') and 'Postal Code' (as opposed to 'Zip Code')
                              Also, in the drop down list for 'Country' our software makes a distinction between East and West Germany, but lists only 'Korea' instead of North & South Korea.
                              Tunisia is an available choice of country, Russia is not.
                              Also the whole thing runs on windows 3.1
                              Me thinks it is time for a software upgrade. The hint is when you software thinks Regan is president and the Berlin wall still exists.

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