Just saw this story on CBC National that made me really appreciate my teachers hammering in the importance of proof-reading.
Sex-service number given out as government hotline
"Maritime lobster fishermen in need of financial help got quite a surprise Tuesday when they were directed to a toll-free number that was supposed to detail an aid package but which connected them to a lusty sex line instead.
One of the several toll-free information numbers released by Fisheries Minister Gail Shea hooks up callers to a sex line that offers fishermen nary a detail on the lobster stimulus package.
"Hey there hot stuff, I've been waiting for your call," a breathless female voice proffers. "Are you ready for some tantalizing fun?"
The phone message confounded some fishermen in the region who have been pressing Ottawa to provide financial support after a dismal season at sea.
"That's supposed to be the line the information's on?" said Ken Drake of the P.E.I. Fisherman's Association. "It don't sound very good."
The hotline — one of five for Atlantic Canada and Quebec — is supposed to offer details about a short-term assistance program for lobster fishermen that Shea announced this summer.
The department's four other numbers were working properly. The correct number for Maritime lobster fishermen to call is 1-877-525-7466.
Scott Cantin, a Fisheries spokesman, said the error occurred when two digits in the phone number were somehow transcribed improperly on the news release and the department's website.
The service offers to link callers with a credit card to "nasty girls" with "the hottest action."
"We're not exactly sure where the error occurred, but we know it was just a typo and we regret it and we corrected it immediately," Cantin said from Ottawa.
The incorrect number sat on the site for several hours, but Cantin said he didn't know how many people had called it before the correction was made. He said they hadn't received any complaints."
Somebody's getting fired...
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