I usually work from 10-3 on Saturdays, so I can’t watch most of the college football games I want to see. Usually, I’ll stop by Yahoo every now and then to see the scores.
Imagine my surprise when 15 minutes ago, I see that unranked Baylor is beating #1 Oklahoma 48-14 with less than two minutes left in the first half!
The first thing I thought was “This can’t be right.” Turns out, it wasn’t. I checked ESPN’s site, and it turns out that the Oklahoma-Baylor game hadn’t even started yet! Don’t ask me where Yahoo managed to get that score and time from. Needless to say I chuckled, although I was a bit upset (I root for the underdog).
So, have any of you ever been the victim of published misinformation? Have you ever seen a misprint or typo that created a situation so preposterous as to be obviously untrue from first glance?
Yes, to the first part. I saw a concert being promoted on a nightclub’s website for that very evening, and I was so excited I phoned for tickets right away and charged them to my Amex.
Then, we arrived at the club and a completely different band was playing. The band I wanted to see had played the night before. It turns out that they had forgotten to update the website. The date changed automatically, but an employee needed to actually update the name of the band.
The manager was very nice about it (there were a couple of people with the same situation) and refunded our money and offered to let us stay and see that evening’s show for free.
I guess part of it was my fault, because when I called I only said “I want tickets for tonight’s show” and didn’t mention the name of the band. Taught me a lesson in always confirming all the info, the name of the band, the date, the time, etc.