Something that really bugs me

Why is that when I dial a 253 and dial a 1 first that I get an error message? Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't there some places where you need to dial a 1 even if you're within your same area code? So why isn't the system smart enough to understand that I didn't need to dial the 1 that time, but I only dialed it on the off chance the number was far out?

If I do the same thing on a cell phone I don't think it flips out. But a land line gives me an error message and makes me re-dial.

How annoying.