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Mahigit Isang Kutsarang Disappointment (CASE CLOSED)

This is a rant.. if you are a regular reader of this blog, you know I don’t rant that much. Posts like 3 Reasons Why I Don’t Post Press Releases For FREE and How To Email Mommy Bloggers were posted under Blogging category and not rant category. Those blog posts were written to serve as guide.. but this one.. this is pure rant. Excuse the tone.. I am pissed.

September: I signed up to participate in the Lea & Perrins Kitchen Philippines Isang Kutsara challenge cooking and photo contest. Basically, we were asked to join the contest, blog about our entry, help them promote the contest and in return, we were given a small bottle of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce.

Less than a week after receiving the small bottle of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, I posted my entry, blogged about the contest and promote it. This is the link to my entry: 

My Lea & Perrins Isang Kutsara Challenge Entry: Chicken Adobo Sa Gata

As you can see, the entry was shared more than 100 times..at obvious naman na hindi bara bara ang entry ko.. kapalit ng isang maliit na bote ng Worcestershire sauce, ako ay nag prepare ng napakaganda at napakasarap na adobo.. 

 

But it’s not for the win.. I did that because I signed up to do that. Whenever I signed up for a blog opportunity, I always make sure that my part of the deal was done in the best possible way I can..

I did not expect anything.. and then I received this last November 1..

What? I didn’t even know voting started?!? When and how it happened?

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After receiving the text, I replied and asked if the competition will be held on November 5.. and they REPLIED back saying the main event will be on November 8..

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So there was a briefing on November 5 and the main event will be on November 8. Hmmmm 2 days?!? And you know my dilemma..I can’t just leave my kids and attend these events.. So I asked for my mom to be here on the said dates to look after my kids.

But they said they would give me a call.. and I didn’t receive any.. so before I announced it to the world, I asked the point person to verify.. and  VOILA!

IT WAS A  WRONG SENT!

This is what I got:

My bad, I copy-pasted your number to the other contestant’s number who qualified in the cook off. Please disregard the text.

And I flared up!

WRONG SENT? And why even bothered a reply that the main even will happen on November 8?!?

So kung hindi ako nag email sa kanya, para akong tanga na pupunta sa briefing at mapapahiya. GREAT!

The point person said MY BAD.. which is according to Urban Dictionary :

A combination of an apology and a dismissal. Basically, saying “oh yeah, I did that, but I don’t care”.

So I am not assuming when I say, she apologized, right?

Forgiven? maybe.. but not forgotten..

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Actually… there are so many thoughts on my mind right now with regards to how I was treated.. specially the way they handled the “disregard the text” part.. I don’t want to assume but it made me feel that they have little respect for bloggers..or maybe I am right.. baka kaya maliit lang na bote pinadala kase ganun lang kaliit lang tingin nila sa mga bloggers? 

I should have known from the start.. warning sign na un eh… 

What do you think? Sige gatungan nyo ako hahahaha

CLOSING ARGUMENT (wow parang sa korte lang)

This was an honest mistake, a little incompetence on their part maybe.. but it was nothing more than that. I was pissed because I thought it was done in bad faith because I am a blogger… because they think of me less as a blogger.

The point person replied again and said sorry..

My sincere apologies for this mishap 🙁

Your email actually helped us re-screen the numbers of the participants and re-check if there are similar cases. I believe it’s God’s wisdom that told you to send me an email to confirm about this.
I hope you understand also that the entry requires votes to get a chance to be qualified for the cook-off challenge.

Siguro, if I were the one who informed the cook-off participants, i would have not sent a text blast with no names. It would be more personal.

Again, my sincere apologies and I’m hoping for your kind understanding.

Humanap na kayo ng pang gatong at mag luluto tayo ng Adobo! 

 

Comments

  2. awts! sobrang nkakahiya nga po if you showed at the said Assembly tpos hindi po pala talaga kayo kasama sa list of contestants nila 🙁

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  7. Ang tindi ha? It’s bad enough they retracted the invitation. Sana if they really had to retract, they apologized na. This is like adding salt to the injury ng isang bote ng Worcestershire sauce in exchange of a blog post and promotion. Would’ve understood pa kung small or startup business lang eh. A thank you note man lang could’ve made the difference.

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    • exactly! wait.. napaisip ako dun ah.. isnag maliit na bote + sald? pede na siguro for a blog and promotion? bwahahahahaha

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  8. That is unacceptable! Mag-send sila ng message na ganun, mega-prepare ka na, stretch ka ng schedule mo, tapos ‘my bad’ lang ang sasabihin?! Andddd.. isang maliit na bote ng sauce lang binigay? Grabe ang kuripot naman nyan, considering na high-ranking ang site mo Mommy Peh at ang ganda din ng entry mo. Nakakagalit nga talaga!!!

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  12. Irritating nga sya if I were in your shoes. It’s like dousing you with cold water just when you’re all fired up 🙁

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  14. some PR are heartless. Meron nga nagtanong ng address ko they will send daw at kung nasa bahay lang daw ako that day. So d ako umalis natapos na ang araw wala man lang ako kahit txt. Nung ng txt na ako to ask what happened at baka naligaw. Sabi sa akin naubusan daw sila ng time. So ok lang that I canceled all my appointment for nothing! D ko masabihan baka ano isipin nila at d nila kaya tangapin ang criticisms.

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  15. wow napaka unprofessional naman nila! ewan! di lang nakakainis, nakakabwiset! where’s their ethics?kung ako yun bayad danyos cla sakin, panindigan nila nanalo ko at my proof ako, may email sila e.isa silang malaking GRRR!

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  17. Proper apologies (as in with an S) should be made. I saw pa naman yung post mo earlier na excited ka, then all of a sudden ung post mo about wrong sent na. hayayay! now I can imagine pag nakita to ng mga boss.. hindi lang isang kutsara at isang maliit na boteng sermon abot niyang si MY BAD! smile mommy pehpot! 🙂

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  18. Oh wow! I am not a ma-reklamong tao also. I will try to swallow as much as I can, but really? That’s the best that they can do? C’mon. They can do better. Yun lang po, before I start a rant longer than yours. haha

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  21. Yes mommy Pephot yan ang nakakainis Sa pr na yan feeling nila as feeling talaga madali lang mag blog. I came from traditional media and really fell you. Wow as in wow talaga. Copy pasting of text? Sa ganyang kaselan na mga bagay is really bad. Para kaloka lang. Asarrrr

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  22. where’s the boss? I think you need to let him/her know that they have a stupid staff (my bad!) and let them know bloggers are not just equivalent to a small bottle of LP sauce.

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  23. Omg! They also did that to me when I registered! I submitted all info required kasama address, then I received a confirmation na I will get the package in a couple of days ata, then I replied thank you, guess what? Sorry, you’re not GMA, please disregard email.
    LOL obviously, these guys are not very detail oriented. So sorry to hear you had to go through that!

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  24. You are not over reacting at all. Grabe naman kasi. Forgivable na yung wrong sent. But yung My Bad and Please Disregard?! Eh 2 days notice yun so for sure, you have to make adjustments sa schedule mo. And then Please Disregard lang? It may be an honest mistake pero they should know better how to handle it.

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  25. Some thoughts I had about this…
    1) what the…?!???!
    2) given that they have to select candidates for the challenge, sana they make sure tama ung pinapadalhan nila ng message (if they have to check it multiple times, then so be it) before magsend… it makes me wonder kung ilang tao ang sinabihan nilang wrong send tuloy
    3) ok lang sana that they admitted ung mistake pero at some point e sana i-compensate nalang nila ung effort naman ng pinadalhan nila ng wrong message
    4) I have been working in the customer service industry for my whole entire career and this is in no way considered a professional way of apologizing. kahit sang anggulo mo tingnan, maling mali ung apology note nya.. i think all PR people need to take customer service skills 101 since they always deal with people regardless kung customer man yan, blogger, clients or whoever that they need to talk to…

    pwede na bang gatong ito? 😀

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    • ahaha nag apoy na! LOL

      point number 2.. hindi ko naisip yan hahaha.. at dahil sinabi mo.. oo nga di ba, paano kung ang isa sa na wrong sent nila eh hindi nag verify at nagpunta sa briefing? Paano kaya nila i hahandle un..

      at naisip ko din, paano kung nagpunta ako sa briefing nila??? juice colored!! baka mag iiyak ako dun sa inis LOL

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  28. Naku, Mommy Pehpot! Sana na lang hindi pa nakaluluwas ng Manila si Mommy mo from Cabanatuan para hindi na siya mapagod sa biyahe. I also got the product and posted a recipe kaso disqualified ang entry ko kasi I wasn’t able to take a photo ng finished product with the bottle. Na-shunga lang ng konti. Hahaha! Pero foul ang ginawa nila sa’yo. It’s unacceptable.

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  30. ahahahahaha on the “rant category”, hahahahahaha!

    Didn’t sign up for this one because of the “cook off” part. Like you, I have to plan out my schedule so my kids will be taken care of and well, I need to balance it out din naman. Buti pala! Baka ako rin, mapadalhan ng missent text! I don’t have the grace for pahiya pa naman.

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  33. nakakaloka naman ung my bad nya,
    labas lang sa ilong… di man lang nahiyana na wrong sent sya sa ganung klaseng info.
    and walang sorry?
    tas may disregard the text message? ganun ganun lang yun?

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  36. actually one thing yung nagkamali sila ng text. It shows incompetence on their part pero well, sige tao lang at pwede magkamali. Pero yung reply na “my bad” at “disregard my text” which I assume is verbatim, eh nakakabwiset ng tunay! Ate, pag nagkamali ka at nag set ka ng expectation ng tao – you appologize profusely. Yan din ang issue ko with some PR. Parang ang liit ng tingin sa bloggers.

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    • true! kaya talaga umusok din ilong ko.. siguro kung nag sorry agad, baka hindi umabot sa ganito haha

      pero good thing, nag sorry din kahit late 🙂

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  42. Masarap pa rin ang adobo kahit walang LP. Boycott na yan! Di ako bibili ulit. Nainis din ako habang nagbabasa.

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  43. I love how you elaborated the definition of “my bad”. The text felt more like zipping your your mouth. Wala man lang personal intent. “Kasalanan ko, burahin mo na lang wala yan” how does that sound lol.

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