Why are there forty three different formats for user names to be

[hedgehog]

combined at random with 27 formats of passwords? Why are passwords hidden as a series of dots so i can't tell if I've made a typing error or put in the wrong word? Why do I have to sign in to order a simple box of chocolates, or a book, or whatever? Why do companies expect me to remember my password when I only order from them once a year?

[vanlassie]

1. If you find out please let me know

I get constant emails from World Markets. Because I signed up in the store so I would receive special offers. So last night I see something I would like to purchase. I click to check out. They want my World Market ID number! How the fuck do I know? Obviously I am signed up- THEY SEND ME DAILY EMAIL!!! They know my ID, I guess! Screw them. I'm unregistering , now. Way to go, World Market.

[hedgehog]

2. Right up there with the outfits that won't even let you look at anything unless

you sign up!

[mockmonkey]

3. It's very simple and I'll tell you...

But first, please enter the text in the box.

[hedgehog]

4. The Winnah!

[NewJeffCT]

5. those things piss me off a lot of the time

you can't even read the text half the time it's so garbled, so it's like a victory if you get it right on the first try.

[Sentath]

6. Really?

kseopa Club

I love reCAPTCHA. Helping digitally encode old texts is cool.

[NewJeffCT]

7. WTF is "kseopa"?

how would the person typing the text know if that's the right word, or if they're reading it wrong? Why not just use "cat" or "dog" or "warm" or "cold" or similar simple words rather than nonsense words?