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I'm trying to get quotes for auto insurance from Progressive. I've gotten a quote before but I can't remember my user ID so I'm just starting over. What really irritates me is that the box for my last name doesn't hold more than 12 characters. My last name is 15.

Why don't websites (because this isn't the only one) allow people with long names to fill out forms? I mean, I can't be the only person around with a 14 letter long last name (15, with the hyphen). And if I just put my first last name, well it works but it isn't entirely legal. I have a cousin with the same first, middle, and first last name as myself, and trust me, we get confused. I've never actually met her, but we've gotten dental records confused, I've gotten her insurance bills. It's really annoying. So I would really prefer to have my REAL LAST NAME on my forms. Omitting the hyphen just confuses people.

Which brings me to my next rant. It worries me how illiterate people are. I mean, my first last name is made up, so I suppose that gives a small excuse as to why people can't pronounce it. but my second last name is an actual word. In fact, its a word in this paragraph. But people CANNOT SEEM TO PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY. I just want to reach across the counter when people mispronounce it. Also, it is not ok just to call me by my second last name because that's easier. That's being lazy.

ARG. I can't wait until I either A) Finally change my last name or B) Get married. I'm so sick of stupid people. I just want a short, simple last name, even if it is Fails. Really.