onsdag 10 februari 2010

I hate webforms

I hate webforms. Especially those red stars that indicate that you must fill in something,
"Please Mr, submit the following information: select you state please."
I live outside of US, does that mean I'm stateless?
Ok. I'm Mickey Mouse and I live in Alaska. Happy now? There must be thousands of them already in their database. How do they manage them all?

When applying for jobs it's the same thing; "Please fill in your age!!"
Oh yes, of course I'll make it easy for you to make a first selection on age! Sure.
Should I put 30 or 35? And then claim I misunderstood the instructions?
Don't think that would make such a good first impression.
In this country it is forbidden to discriminate on religious views, sex and age.
That's a joke. They already have age and sex and can also make a wild guess on religious view reading the name. Why have stupid laws that you nobody needs to follow?

Sometimes it's possible to add a cv. But sometimes, the stupid piece of software is not designed to allow a pdf file. How am I supposed to know which Microsoft Word version they use? And of course I'm not allowed to see what it all looks like, what I've just submitted.

Of course you're supposed to put in a valid e-mail address. I guess that's why you need to change your e-mail address every now and then. Receiving those "no thanks, but we have decided to move forward with a few selected applicants and you are not one of them" don't lift me up. Maybe I should get a special e-mail address just for those, just as I have one for SPAM-like news letters and less prioritized subjects.

Sorry for bringing up the same topics several times. I just need to get used to them, those webforms. Now my browser fills things in for me automatically. That's a relief! Next step is of course to collect the information without even asking..