06 July, 2011

Funny Security Rule

 This morning I just had a fantastic phone call from IRD:

"Hello, Jay speaking."
"Hello, this is Ann from IRD."
"Hello Ann from IRD. What can I do for you today?"
"Can I first ask you to confirm your phone number?"
"But you rang me."
"Yes, I know. Can you confirm the number?"
"It's the number you just rang me on."
"Yes, I know. But for security reasons I need you to confirm what that number is."

After I'd stopped laughing enough, I told Ann the number she'd just used to call me.

Unfortunately this is not the first time.