{"id":308,"date":"2008-11-08T01:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/11\/08\/my-eyes-my-eyes\/"},"modified":"2008-11-08T01:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T01:02:00","slug":"my-eyes-my-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/11\/08\/my-eyes-my-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"My eyes, my eyes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call the grammar police!<\/p>\n

A potentially very awesome email just got ruined for me. Let’s dissect this marketing FAIL!<\/p>\n

Subject:<\/strong> “Whistler: over 40cm of new snow and more on the way”<\/p>\n

So far so good. I am interested to learn more about this marketing message and will duly open your email.<\/p>\n

Photo at top of message:<\/strong>
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Cath says: “Sweeeeeeeeeet!”<\/em><\/div>\n
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I am glad I opened your email. This marketing message is relevant to my interests.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Next line:<\/strong> <\/div>\n

“The snow has started to fly at Whistler Blackcomb <\/a>with over 40 cm (16 inches) of snow has fallen this week and more is expected in the forecast. “<\/p>\n

Erm… I believe the colloquial term is WTF, dude?<\/strong>
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I am afraid that I did not read the rest of your message, which appeared to be an inducement to buy an accommodation package. Instead I raced to my humble weblog to encourage my readers to laugh at you. Please proof your marketing emails in the future to prevent a recurrence of this unfortunate situation.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

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It will soon be time to sharpen and wax my skis, and to start thinking about the first trip of the season. This is almost – but not quite – exciting enough to override my outraged sense of pedantry.<\/p>\n

I’m sure I’ll get over it. Quite possibly on my first ride up in the gondola.<\/p>\n

Happy Friday everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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