PIN Number
"Put in your PIN number, please..."

Why do people insist on asking for my personal identification number number?

I know there are worse things in the world but you did ask!
(eesnahk, Fri 2 May 2008, 15:50, closed)

like
HIV virus and PCR reaction -GAH!!!!! (and ATM machine which is my current least favourite)
(vitamin c is sitting down carefully, Fri 2 May 2008, 16:04, closed)

Because
It would sound odd asking for you PI Number.
(Tom Jones's Mojo Hasn't had any since, Fri 2 May 2008, 16:06, closed)

at my work
we have the BIT team.

BIT being the "business information team".
Tools.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE(TM), Fri 2 May 2008, 16:42, closed)