Dear State Farm
It took me 20 minutes of signing up just to get a notification that it will take up to 7 days to view my account.
I am concerned about my security online, but I had to enter info down to what streets I have lived on in the past, my home phone number (and not just the number, but whether or not it is listed!), my social security number, and the name of my high school’s mascot…
After all that, I end up on a useless portal page that I have to customize by entering policy numbers if I would, I don’t know, like to actually freaking see info about my policy which is the reason I came to the single worst website on earth in the first place. You know my SSN#, my shoe size, how many girls I have kissed, and you can’t figure out what accounts I have with you?! You know all those computers sitting around your office? Maybe you could make them do a little work instead of having me do it all.
Your Information Super Highway license is hereby revoked!
PS - Someone should hire a cleric to administer last rights to that reanimated corpse at the top of the screen.
(you may have to wait a few seconds for him to appear. Brace yourselves.)
PPS - Here is a company that specializes in putting reanimated corpses on websites. Someone needs to drive a stake through their web server or something.
PPS - Peter alerted me to the fact that you can customize your own reanimated corpse here.
Comments
We used to have quite a bit of fun with that sitepal around the office. It used to have a demo where you could type in things and have the “pal” say it, even with various accents. Nothing like a proper animated british lady saying “you are a smelly, smelly man” loud enough for everyone to hear.
Posted by: Kerry | November 28, 2005 12:48 PM
Just don’t let marketing see those pages.
Posted by: Joe W | November 29, 2005 11:41 AM
The State Farm website IS awful.
Your rant released the pent-up anger in me so now I will not need to break into my agent’s office over the weekend and fill it, floor to ceiling, with styrofoam peanuts. But then again, some things are worth doing even though you don’t need to.
I love this blog.
Posted by: SteveS | December 30, 2005 01:33 PM