Article 5ZYWV Error'd: Cinch

Error'd: Cinch

by
Lyle Seaman
from The Daily WTF on (#5ZYWV)

Yankee Ezra A.explains the screenshot below at some length. Says he:"I live in Newton, MA, an affluent, wealthy suburb of Boston.In general, city services are excellent, although thehome page of the website is a bit crowded, so I was gladto get an email with a link to the page where I couldsee how the city is handling my request/complaint aboutsidewalks, via the city's 311 service (I have no ideawhat the 311 stands for)When I went to the website, I found what you see in thephoto.I guess one can't really complain about one small errorin a large website." It's certainly an effective strategyfor keeping the complaints box empty!

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At the same time, GermanBeatrix W. uncovers a related truth about warranty service."I never realised before how hard checking checkboxescan be. Also never seen them called tickbox before. Theform didn't work anyways and I just got an error. Thiswas just the experience I had with that company elsewhere."
Most organizations will make very certain that theirrevenue-earning pages work well. They're not somotivated to fix pages that might cost them something. Right, Ezra?

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"My Yams Are Cooked", criedBrian R. "Tried to change my password with my mobile provider,but I guess the joke's on me, MYAC MYAC MYAC."

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Wandering Worf wonders "So can I Uber or Lyft a DeLorean back so I canlog in and keep my password?"

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BorrowerFirstName Christopher R. easily shaded the marketing department of Freedom Mortgage:"Subject lines are rarely so on point." It was a cinch.

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