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minus-squareStillwater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoObviously screw FedEx, but why the hell is the # symbol part of the door code? It’s just asking for this to happen.
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoYou press the # to start writing the code on Yale doorman, or to lock the door
minus-squareStillwater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOhh, I see. That makes it more clear than saying it’s part of the code
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYeah, usually it’s described like “press pound, then…” to avoid confusion.
minus-squareᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYeah but anyone under 30 doesn’t know # as pound, it’s hashtag.
minus-squareMr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI guess its like one of those digilocks where people always wrote the codes as “C1234” even though C is just a reset button that puts all the pins back into place so a code can be entered. It’s easier to tell people its C1234 than saying it’s 1234, but press C first.
minus-squareTheDoozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOr better yet: “It’s 1234. If that doesn’t work, press C then 1234.”
minus-squarewabasso@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIs that better? I’ve had email replies fail to pick up the latter half of sentences. I wouldn’t trust it in physical instructions!
Obviously screw FedEx, but why the hell is the # symbol part of the door code? It’s just asking for this to happen.
You press the # to start writing the code on Yale doorman, or to lock the door
Ohh, I see. That makes it more clear than saying it’s part of the code
Yeah, usually it’s described like “press pound, then…” to avoid confusion.
Yeah but anyone under 30 doesn’t know # as pound, it’s hashtag.
I guess its like one of those digilocks
where people always wrote the codes as “C1234” even though C is just a reset button that puts all the pins back into place so a code can be entered. It’s easier to tell people its C1234 than saying it’s 1234, but press C first.
Or better yet:
“It’s 1234. If that doesn’t work, press C then 1234.”
Is that better? I’ve had email replies fail to pick up the latter half of sentences. I wouldn’t trust it in physical instructions!