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cannot change dates

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In some circumstances computer systems can deliberately stop people from making ‘Errors’.    This is an  example of a system preventing the people that use it from making ‘errors’ by trying to do rather useful things:    

Wendy:   can I move the car insurance start date back by one week?

Car Insurance Agent (CIA):   No

Wendy:   Oh (signifying complete suprise at this rude treatment of a potential non-customer)

CIA:   you will have to cancel the whole policy and then open a completely new one with a different start date

Wendy:   Computer system makes you do that?   It wont let you just change start dates?

CIA:   Yes

It took us 30 minutes to cancel,   then re-apply for the same car insurance with a different start date.   2 sets of documents are in the post.    

Wendy:   Are you from Hull?

CIA:   Leeds,   its quite near to Hull

Good weather in Leeds.

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This scribble was published on Thursday, April 16th, 2009. You can follow any banter on this scribble with the RSS 2.0 feed. You can share your inspired musings after typing the anti spam word near the bottom of the page. But no Pinging because its too naughty.

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  1. Kevin writes:
    April 16th, 2009

    “Leeds, its quite near to Hull.”
    If his navigation’s that bad I can understand why he couldn’t work out how to change your policy!

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  2. Madame Defarge writes:
    April 16th, 2009

    Clearly not mastered the art of time travel. Need a better Tardis.

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  3. :: Wendy :: writes:
    April 16th, 2009

    I like the idea of giving the computer system a does of TARDIS,

    West Riding? East Riding? It’s all Yorkshire, closer to itself than to the home counties.

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