Are websites second class to all other types of media?

On Sunday (last night), Justine and I went to see The Royal Tenenbaums using some free cinema tickets we’d been give a few months earlier. Checking this particular cinema’s website confirmed the film was playing at 9:45PM, and was not on the “No Free Tickets” list (confirmed by not having a NFT image beside it).

Well, you can guess what happened next, I’m sure. The girl behind the desk refused us admission to the film as it was indeed on the “No Free Tickets” list. So we decided, to avoid the night being a disaster of monstrous proportions, to see Gosford Park (which, by the way was quite good, probably better than the film we had initially gone to see).

So, I wonder, why do companies insist on putting wrong, outdated and inaccurate information on their website? I’m at least glad that this particular cinema’s website was up-to-date enough to show the right time, although still rather inaccurate. This is the same damn cinema that announced online bookings would be up-and-running over a year ago. Of course, they removed automated ticketing machines six months after they were installed, and I’m surprised when the credit card booking facilities actually work on a weekend.

*sigh*

Just another example that technology does not always make life easier. ;(