More Ticketmaster Stupidity

You might remember my scathing (non-deliverable) letter to Ticketmaster from a few months back. Not much has changed. I still don’t want to use Ticketmaster. But I decided to check on the availability and prices of some tickets today. And the process just made me laugh out loud in disbelief. Gather around everybody! Let’s poke some fun at Ticketmaster’s ridiculous “Are you really a human?” check.

The first word is “suitcase”. But what’s the second? “sibly”? What’s a “sibly”? That’s not a word in my dictionary. I’ll be suprised that turns out to be correct, and I refuse to type a word that doesn’t make any sense. Off to a bad start.

Ah jetzt ja. Eine Insel. Well, at least I can decypher this: “Kölnische”. “Titus”. No problem…if there wasn’t a freakin Umlaut in the word! Like 99.9% of all Ticketmaster customers, I’m using an US keyboard. How am I going to type this word without going through some serious extra pain to find the letter? Strike 2.

What. The. Hell. What is that first word supposed to be? “Five”? Maybe? I guess I’m too stupid to prove that I’m not a robot. Come to think of it, I must be a robot because I keep failing this test. Strike 3. And please hold on a second. I want to check myself for a pulse.

Okay, I’m back and I seem to have a pulse. Why am I even still doing this after strike 3? Maybe because I’m so elated that I’m no robot after aaaaa… What?! Did I speak too soon? How can that second collection of pixels even be considered a word? I think the last two letters might be an S and a T. Maybe. Who am I kidding? There’s no way to figure this one out.

“&ecPreece!”
“8eCPreece!”
“SeLPreece?!” I dunno. That might be right, but I just broke my tongue trying to pronounce something that I’m pretty damn sure IS NOT A WORD! Maybe that’s why the 2nd term is “illusion” – the robot test is trying to communicate with me!

Hurray! Finally! I think this is supposed to mean “Hall” and “acted”! Looks a bit funky, but I’m sure! Quick, let’s enter the two words! H a l l  a c t e d <enter>. I’m in! I made it! I… Oh.

While I was busy deciphering these terms, my ticket request timed out.

Yeah… Screw this. And screw you, Ticketmaster, for making ticket purchases a hassle.