My video shop senses my joint

9.09pm, Thursday 14 March:

We would like to thank you for being one of our top performing members sense you joint our store.

YOU NEXT MOVIE OF YOUR CHOICE IS ON US.

Network Video (Location deleted)

No really, that's the text I received last night from my local video shop.


I replied.

Hi, if you are going to spam-text your customers you should check your spelling first.

And don't send them after 9pm. It's illegal to 'cold call' in any manner after that time.

Please cancel my membership and don't text me again.


Credibility lies in the ability to spell and observe basic spamming laws. I suspect they thought they were going to drum up so much business but I would be interested to see how many people are annoyed by this.

Or maybe it's just me. I am fickle when it comes to spelling errors.

Lauren

Peanut butter article is indeed a disaster for Jamie Oliver

I hope I can blame an over zealous sub editor for losing the context and meaning in this article.

(Because  I sure don't want to blame Rob Broadfield, he's one my favourite writers).

So let me get this straight - Jamie's new restaurant in Perth will be serving ice cream that has seven banned ingredients yet is all natural?

I feel as though there are many important paragraphs missing from the original version of this article. When I say original, I mean pre sub-editor. That's the danger when word count means more than the story.

Lauren