“F*** You” says WeddingChannel.com
Something odd happened on my way to a wedding guestbook. I wanted to wish my betrothed friends Dave and Jill well. So I wrote a loving entry for their guestbook. There were certain required fields in the guestbook, including first name, last name, and email address. Like any sensible spam-avoiding person, I was reluctant to provide my actual email address to Weddingchannel.com, so I wrote "spam@spam.com" and submitted my fond wishes for the happy couple.
Good thing I looked at the resulting entry. It appeared to be from a person named "Fuck You." Oh dear, this would never do! Fortunately there was an "edit" button. I attempted to change the name back to my own, and added a comment that "spam" at "spam.com" seemed to annoy the censors. Again the entry appeared to be posted from "F*** You" and my entire explanation was cut off from the word 'spam' onwards.
How rude!
I am aware that WeddingChannel.com would *like* to have my email address, to spam me with various wedding-related offers. But to place the words "F*** You" on someone's wedding website, seems beyond the pale.
Incredulous, I called Dave, laughing but annoyed, and asked him what he wanted to do. As the words might give certain family members an aneurysm, he couldn't ignore the work of WeddingChannel.com's disgruntled programmer. He was able to edit the profanities out of the entry.
Another friend had trouble with Dave’s guestbook. Her name had been changed to "Joe Schmoe" for reasons unknown.
Jill's affectionate new greeting for me is, "F*** you!"