Tuesday, May 08, 2007

"Experienced Writter Seeks Work"

Email received yesterday at my www.thewritecontent.com inbox:

I AM AN EXPERIENCED JOURNALIST FROM INDIA. I LIVE IN CALCUTTA CITY. CAN I GET OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE BUSINESS PRESS RELEASE? CAN I EARN BY WRITTING THE PRESS RELEASES? HOW?

WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE

(name withheld)
JOURNALIST
INDIA
CALCUTTA CITY

In a crabby mood, I wrote back to "Name Withheld", explaining that an experienced journalist wouldn't send a pitch letter that contains spelling and grammatical errors. Here's his indignant reply:

I know the spelling of ‘writing’...................but it was the accident I made while sending you the mail yesterday...............................
anyway...thanks for the correction .....................and also thanks for corrcting me with a perfect geltleman’s attitude!!!.............
No human being in the world can boast of making even a ‘silly’ mistake ever............I think you are............

regards

(end of email)

Please... no more unsolicited solicitations from semi-literate "writters". It just isn't funny any more. At least, not to this "gentleman".