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      <title>Oh Vodafone</title>
      <link>https://chrisjrob.com/2014/01/14/oh-vodafone/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>chrisjrob@gmail.com (Chris Roberts)</author>
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         <p><em>Oh Vodafone, please explain to me,</em><br />
<em>how a business based on technology,</em><br />
<em>can be so bad at web-based stuff?</em><br />
<em>Really, downloading a bill should not be so tough!</em></p>

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<p><em>I understand that I must now log on,</em><br />
<em>and pasting your password can no longer be done,</em><br />
<em>but why does it have to take me all day,</em><br />
<em>to reach what could have been one click away?</em></p>

<p><em>The fact that the invoice is live generated,</em><br />
<em>is clever technology, though that could be debated,</em><br />
<em>but would it not be easier all round,</em><br />
<em>if the invoice was sitting ready to bring down</em></p>

<p><em>I would not mind if the system was quick,</em><br />
<em>but I click and I wait and I wait and I click.</em><br />
<em>So next time you think of a clever solution,</em><br />
<em>think, will it be quick and will it be easy?</em></p>

<p><em>Unable to succesfully[sic] process request.</em><br />
<em>ERR-010: Request timeout.</em><br />
<em>Contact the application system administrator or Help Desk.</em><br />
<em>Sigh.</em></p>


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