Helpful (not)
In other news, I picked a loyalty card at Waterstones the other day and got an email today from them, offering special deals and the like if I registered online. Fair enough, I thought, and did so.
I was then amused to recieve the following message in response to my registration (red bits aren’t exactly what the email said):
Dear LIONEL D’LION,
Welcome to Waterstone’s. You are receiving this email as you have
recently registered your details with Waterstones.com.Before we tell you about some of the benefits and services you’ll enjoy
as a registered customer, we would first like to confirm the following
personal details:Your email address: lionel@rarsh.com
Your password: ********
Your customer ID: 99999999
You will need your email address and password each time you sign in
and/or purchase from the site and recommend you keep these details safe
for future reference, by saving this email in a separate email folder,
or by printing it out. Please note all passwords are case sensitive.
I was amused because I’m fairly sure that I didn’t choose my password to be eight asterisks. If you’re not going to give out the password, what’s the point of adding “Password: ********” to the email? For that matter, what on earth is the point of including the email address? You’ve just sent me an email, so we both know you’ve got the right email address for me!
People, eh? Sheesh.