Bad design

Bad design
Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian.

So I'm entering a contest sponsored by Northwest Airlines to win a golfing trip. (No I don't golf but I'd be happy to take the trip to Spain anyway.) I've got to fill in this form and see the following: "* denotes optional field". Come on NWA. How much are you paying these designers? Since when do you mark "optional" fields. You mark the required ones to draw attention to them. What's the point of drawing attention to an optional field. (Never mind that there's a total of one optional field in the whole form.)