discussion Absolute lunacy

[Tim Marlow]

Dropped into mum’s yesterday to meet the house clearance team and pass her medical aids back, so picked up her post. One letter was from BT. Now, when she passed I contacted them and cancelled her phone. They sent her a letter that said, to paraphrase, “We are sorry you’ve died, but we are just letting you know that your BT services have been stopped as a consequence “. Utterly insane, but it did make me laugh, and I know it would have made her laugh.

 

[Jim R]

Oh Tim. You couldn't make it up could you.

 

[Tim Marlow]

You certainly couldn’t Jim…….

 

[Mickc1440]

It’s amazing how someone could look at that and not think it’s wrong

 

[Tim Marlow]

It’s amazing how someone could look at that and not think it’s wrong

Trouble is Mick, I don’t think anyone human had seen it. It’s almost certainly an automated AI generated reply letter. Still, the good news is that if that’s where it’s got to, AI probably won’t be taking over the world anytime soon……

 

[stillp]

AI? Artificial Idiocy, not needed as there's plenty of the real thing about.
A few weeks after my mother died, the estate agent we'd appointed to sell her house wrote a letter addressed to her, thanking her for choosing XXXX Estate Agents, and inviting her to phone them if there was anything else they could do. The last sentence of the letter was "We are truly sorry for your recent loss".
Pete

 

[adt70hk]

Simply priceless!!! Made me laugh..... And despair in equal measure.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Just made me laugh Andrew. No point in getting upset, no one has done it deliberately to offend.

 

[Waspie]

Lunacy as you say Tim. Maybe BT use ChatGP or what ever that app is!!! Sad companies don't use people anymore!!

 

[rtfoe]

We're having the same problem in Parliment with elected members who don't reflect their credentials and making headlines for the wrong reasons.:rolling:
Yours was more amusing and light hearted.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[Graeme C.]

It does make you wonder, I'm not sure whether to laugh, cry, get angry or just despair.

 

[Tim Marlow]

It does make you wonder, I'm not sure whether to laugh, cry, get angry or just despair.

Best just to laugh at it Graeme. We can’t change it so why get stressed over it…..

 

[Airborne01]

We're having the same problem in Parliment with elected members who don't reflect their credentials and making headlines for the wrong reasons.:rolling:
Yours was more amusing and light hearted.

Cheers,
Wabble

Same here Wabble - on both counts, but particularly the first!
Steve