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Winner of the BBC2011 Silly Rules Contest

by Ronald G. Ross on March 30, 2012

If offered a breath mint, you should never decline … It probably means something!
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Acks Misty Allen

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Wireless Billing Responsibility re: Death in the Family … Count-Down of Silly Rules from the BBC2011 Contest – #2

by Ronald G. Ross on March 23, 2012

When I worked for a wireless company years ago they had a rule that stated, “If a subscriber requests to modify the billing responsibility for their account, they must perform the Change of Responsible Persons Submission (CORPS)”.
Unfortunately the CORPS term was applied to the customer services scripts within the call center. This wasn’t an issue [...]

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Can something be both manual and automatic? Manual or automatic? Manually automatic? You figure it out …

by Ronald G. Ross on March 16, 2012
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Birth Certificate vs. Driver’s License Catch-22 … Count-Down of Silly Rules from the BBC2011 Contest – #3

by Ronald G. Ross on March 16, 2012

In Virginia you must have a certified copy of your birth certificate to get your driver’s license.  If you are over 18 in Virginia, you must have a state-issued driver’s license to get your birth certificate!
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Acks Tracy Buckner

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Banking Fees: They’ll Get You Coming and Going … Count-Down of Silly Rules from the BBC2011 Contest – #4

by Ronald G. Ross on March 9, 2012

My daughter’s bank charged her a fee because she didn’t have a direct deposit to her account.  So she set up a direct deposit. Now the bank charges her a convenience fee for using the account!
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How many stoplights does it take to design a poor intersection? (Seven … Count ‘em.)

by Ronald G. Ross on March 7, 2012
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Hole-Free Piercing – Huh??

by Ronald G. Ross on March 6, 2012
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Sign at the Agora in Athens: “Do not take any indecent or defamatory photographs on the site or in the museum.” … Count-Down of Silly Rules from the BBC2011 Contest – #5

by Ronald G. Ross on February 17, 2012

Is there a reason the sign says one must not take indecent or defamatory photographs? Did someone really do that?!
Additional Rule: “It is necessary to obtain special permit from the Archaeological Service in order to take photographs or to film with a tripod.”
And is the first rule not valid if one has a special permit [...]

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Hotel requires unique reservation no. for each change in room rate, regardless of length of stay … Count-Down of Silly Rules from the BBC2011 Contest #6

by Ronald G. Ross on February 10, 2012

I called the hotel to reserve for the conference.  The conference rate was not available for all nights I wanted to stay, so I also used my AAA number to secure a favorable rate.  The reservation clerk and I were able to settle on the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th nights at the conference rate.  The [...]

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Emergency Contact Information Required … But Whose Emergency?! Count-Down of Silly Rules from the BBC2011 Contest – #8

by Ronald G. Ross on January 27, 2012

I was not allowed to make an airline reservation without an emergency contact number.  I figured this was a great thing, which should have meant I’d get a phone call to that number in the event of a cancellation or delay.  NOT!  I learned of the cancellation of my 6:40 a.m. flight (for which I [...]

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