No wonder the term is Uncle Sam

From the online Michigan unemployment filing instructions: "Please explain in complete and specific detail all the reasons why you did not file for unemployment benefits in the first week you were unemployed. Please provide the details of the incident, including the beginning and ending dates."

Pop-up from the same page after I wrote what I thought was a concise yet thorough explanation: "Too much data in the text box! Please remove 356 characters" (and no, there was no period after the last word).

For the record, the U.S. Government apparently considers 250 characters (including spaces) to be enough room for "complete and specific detail."