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bmxbandit
27-10-2005, 22:29
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. :bsmack:

is it just me who wants to correct / kill anyone who says this? if so i'll shut up about it... :erm:
Gareth
27-10-2005, 23:05
Heh, I hate it too.....

Kinda like people that type "LOL loudly" too :rolleyes:
yesman
27-10-2005, 23:06
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.
Mr_love_monkey
27-10-2005, 23:07
I take it that you mean the ATM speaks ?


Yeah, and the toaster keeps laughing at him :)
yesman
27-10-2005, 23:08
Yeah, and the toaster keeps laughing at him :)

Yeah mine does that too :erm:
Gareth
27-10-2005, 23:09
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
Mr_love_monkey
27-10-2005, 23:10
There's a word to describe this, but I'm too p*ssed to remember it tonight

Idiocy :)

No, I think you got the right end of the stick :)
Chris W
27-10-2005, 23:12
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?
bmxbandit
27-10-2005, 23:14
I took it to mean saying "Number", cause PIN stands for Personal Identification Number
nope, you're spot on there. commonly referred to as RAS Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome)
yesman
27-10-2005, 23:14
Surely perfect is perfect?

Exactly ! ;)
Halcyon
28-10-2005, 00:09
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.
Graham
28-10-2005, 00:53
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

Tautology.

cf a slogan I saw in Asda the other day: "Permanently low prices forever!"

Err, excuse me? Exactly what does "permanent" mean...?! :rolleyes:
Mr_love_monkey
28-10-2005, 07:05
Tautology.

Tautology is also a logical statement that always evaluates to true...

for example: A OR (NOT A)
bmxbandit
28-10-2005, 17:40
one of my supervisors told me something was 'quite unique' today too. it was hard to suppress the giggles...
patrickp
28-10-2005, 18:13
one of my supervisors told me something was 'quite unique' today too. it was hard to suppress the giggles...


I would have thought it would be fairly impossible... ;-D
Graham
28-10-2005, 20:12
one of my supervisors told me something was 'quite unique' today too. it was hard to suppress the giggles...


I would have thought it would be fairly impossible... ;-D

:bsmack:

;)