Several of my clients like to receive confirmation and updates when I have visited their pets. I am the same way - when my personal pet sitters look after my fur kids, I am probably a very annoying client for them to have as I want to know every detail about my babies while I'm away. So, I understand and am happy to accommodate my client's needs for communication.
This communication usually comes in the form of text messages. It's convenient and easy for me on-the-go. A quick, "Kiddos are doing great!" is a quick and reassuring message I can send to my human clients to let them know that I (or one of my girls) have been to see their pets and all is well.
As most anyone who is a frequent texter, you know about the convenience of autocorrect. However, what happens when autocorrect gets it wrong can quickly turn a message into a hilarious / disturbing / completely wrong one. Since most of my days are spent on the road driving, I often use the voice memo feature to transcribe my text messages for me. I used to trust that it would get all of my words correct...that is until these two epic text fails happened...
1) What my text was supposed to say: "Kids are great!"
What my text actually said: "Kids are dead!"
Can you imagine the panic this message ignited? When I received a message back from the human, "WHAAAT?!" I quickly corrected myself and assured her that her dogs were not dead...in fact they were great. Oy vey!
2) This one needs a little bit of a back story.
I keep a sweet little Shitzu, named Maverick, at our house fairly often. As many of you know, my husband and I have been fostering cats and kittens for a rescue group called The Way Home, Inc. (thewayhomeinc.org) for the past three years. Maverick absolutely LOVES the tiny kittens. So much so, that I and his people have nicknamed him "Kitty Boy."
During one of Maverick's stays at our house, we adopted out all of our kittens and he was left with only our big kitties in the house to play with...no more kittens for him to look at, groom and paw at. I decided to send Maverick's mom an update on him - "Poor Kitty Boy! All of our foster kittens just got adopted." She responded, "Poor little man, I'm sure he's sad that the little kitties are gone." Here's where it gets funny:
What my next text was supposed to say: "It's ok, he has the big kitties to play with."
What my text actually said: "It's ok, he has the big titties to play with."
As soon as I hit send, I saw the error and immediately, my arm pits started itching. You know that feeling when you think your stomach is going to fall through your butt??? As fast as my now clammy fingers could, I sent my client another message apologizing for the crude text. She replied that she and her husband were in stitches laughing. WHEW! Thank goodness for people with a sense of humor!
Moral of the story: Check all of your messages BEFORE hitting send!
Happy Tuesday!!
