Man's 'pants' password is changed

BBC ^ | 8/27/08

[LibWhacker]

A man who chose "Lloyds is pants" as his telephone banking password said he found it had been changed by a member of staff to "no it's not".

Steve Jetley, from Shrewsbury, said he chose the password after falling out with Lloyds TSB over insurance that came free with an account.

He said he was then banned from changing it back or to another password of "Barclays is better".

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I would seriously look into the legal implications of this considering it’s a bank. I deal with access issues in my job, and only one database that I work with allows me to look up a password. With that one exception noted, every single database holding passwords is encrypted and I can only reset the password for a client.

That someone had the access to his raw password is troubling. That someone had the inclination to look up and change his password is frightening.

[LibWhacker]

Aha, an explanation of 'pants'. The entire exchange sounded like a Monty Python skit to me.

[Doctor Raoul]

Not exactly, "Yo Momma's so fat" kind of an insult.

Can anyone translate "Lloyds is pants" into American?

[Doctor Raoul]

Thanks.

[LibWhacker]

Yep, the bank’s response to the customer is bizarre... “We fired the guy,” instead of “Sorry, sir. Won’t happen again. We’ve fixed our entire laughable security system.”

[dellbabe68]

Monty Python... absolutely! LOL!

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

In the U.K., “pants” is the equivalent of “tighty-whities” in American.

So, Lloyds is underwear? I still don’t understand his password, but the Lloyds employee was an ass for changing it.

[rawhide]

What does “Lloyds is pants” mean?

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

“pants” means "rubbish", or more specifically “rubbish I shouldn't even have to bother doing away with”. This is why slang, is, well... slang. Undecipherable to those outside the culture.