27-10-2005, 22:29
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PIN Number?
A NatWest ATM actually asked me to "enter your PIN number" earlier today. It annoys me enough when checkout attendants say this, doubly so when bank staff do... but an ATM?
Startlingly incompetent. 
is it just me who wants to correct / kill anyone who says this? if so i'll shut up about it... 
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27-10-2005, 23:05
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Re: PIN Number?
Heh, I hate it too.....
Kinda like people that type "LOL loudly" too 
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27-10-2005, 23:06
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Re: PIN Number?
I take it that you mean the ATM speaks ?
I have a Natwest card, but I haven't come across that as yet, probably because I rarely use it, but I might try it out.
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27-10-2005, 23:07
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Re: PIN Number?
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I take it that you mean the ATM speaks ?
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Yeah, and the toaster keeps laughing at him 
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27-10-2005, 23:08
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Re: PIN Number?
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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey
Yeah, and the toaster keeps laughing at him |
Yeah mine does that too
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27-10-2005, 23:09
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Re: PIN Number?
Oh, maybe I've misunderstood.... 
I took it to mean saying "Number", cause PIN stands for Personal Identification Number, so you're effectively repeating the word number twice. There's a word to describe this, but I'm too p*ssed to remember it tonight
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27-10-2005, 23:10
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Re: PIN Number?
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There's a word to describe this, but I'm too p*ssed to remember it tonight
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Idiocy
No, I think you got the right end of the stick
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27-10-2005, 23:12
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Re: PIN Number?
The grammatical error that is really annoying me at the moment (because i hear it every day) is the latest HP radio ad.... they say something is "exactly perfect". Surely perfect is perfect?
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27-10-2005, 23:14
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Re: PIN Number?
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Originally Posted by Gareth
I took it to mean saying "Number", cause PIN stands for Personal Identification Number
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nope, you're spot on there. commonly referred to as RAS Syndrome
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27-10-2005, 23:14
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Re: PIN Number?
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Originally Posted by Chris W
Surely perfect is perfect?
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Exactly ! 
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28-10-2005, 00:09
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Re: PIN Number?
You have nothing to worry about......Until you get a machine that broadcasts information to everyone around you on a huge speaker...
"HIS NUMBER IS 9-3-9-1 HE HAS £500000 IN THE BANK AND LIVES AT....."
Then I'd be worried.
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28-10-2005, 00:53
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Re: PIN Number?
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Originally Posted by Gareth
I took it to mean saying "Number", cause PIN stands for Personal Identification Number, so you're effectively repeating the word number twice. There's a word to describe this, but I'm too p*ssed to remember it tonight
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Tautology.
cf a slogan I saw in Asda the other day: "Permanently low prices forever!"
Err, excuse me? Exactly what does "permanent" mean...?!
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28-10-2005, 07:05
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Re: PIN Number?
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Originally Posted by Graham
Tautology.
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Tautology is also a logical statement that always evaluates to true...
for example: A OR (NOT A)
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28-10-2005, 17:40
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Re: PIN Number?
one of my supervisors told me something was 'quite unique' today too. it was hard to suppress the giggles...
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28-10-2005, 18:13
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Re: PIN Number?
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Originally Posted by bmxbandit
one of my supervisors told me something was 'quite unique' today too. it was hard to suppress the giggles...
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I would have thought it would be fairly impossible... ;-D
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