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It's not just swear-words: A credit card processor I used to work with wouldn't accept a payment from Mr. Echo because they regarded it as an attempt to hack th

by chiph 14y ago

It's not just swear-words: A credit card processor I used to work with wouldn't accept a payment from Mr. Echo because they regarded it as an attempt to hack them.

riffraff 14y ago
it's not online only either, I had university classes with a guy whose family name sounds like a swear word, and since to attend exams you had to preregister on a big dead-tree book left alone, usually teachers assumed it was a joke and didn't account for him.
- solistice 14y ago
  "I'm terribly sorry Mr. Fukker that we didn't put you on the official list, this oversight will never happen again" "Ohh, and how often it happens.
  - D9u 14y ago
    A friend of mine has the wonderful surname of "Null," which caused some fun at the telephone company billing department back in the 80's.
    - solistice 14y ago
      http://xkcd.com/327/ http://xkcd.com/327/
    - solistice 14y ago
      http://xkcd.com/327/ http://xkcd.com/327/
- Argorak 14y ago
  At my fathers server farm, they had a scottish colleague called "Ronald McDonald". That regularly led to hotlines hanging up when he tried to order replacement parts...
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  One of the counselors at my high school had the surname 'Coon'. As a result, the father of one of her students was unable to receive emails from her at his work address, due to their filters. I'm not really sure how (or if) they solved that problem.