I rarely make mistakes.
But when I do, I do tend to make an awful lot of them at once, and all about the same thing.
After posting a retraction just a few short days ago after mistakenly thinking I had eaten at Giraffe, it now turns out that I did not eat at The Bridge Bar either. In fact, after several emails between myself and a nice man called Nick at the Bridge Bar, he has provided evidence that I ate The Tin Goose (which is not even listed as serving breakfast on Heathrow website)
I am not an unreasonable man, and as such I think it only fair that I correct this mistake. Again.
I have again edited this post of a few days ago to reflect what I now believe really happened that morning.
Anyway, I have once again stealth-edited some of the comments so NO-ONE WILL EVER KNOW. Except for all the people reading this. And the people at The Bridge Bar. And any Google refers. And anyone you choose to tell about this.
So once again, no harm done.
If I have learned anything in this sorry mess, it is that I am a rubbish note taker when it comes to preparing blog posts.
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You could always use a dictaphone? Then you’d look like a Captain of Industry/twat* and then you could maybe use some of the material on your podcasts.
*delete as appropriate
Are you the catering manager at Gatwick?
Well, that’s embarrassing.
I take it an employee found the Bridge Bar entry through google? Or did you bring it on yourself with a ‘look, I’ve blogged about how awful you are’ email?
If they can be bothered to invest this effort in tracking you down and getting you to issue a retraction then obviously believe that your blog is read and appreciated by the Movers and Shakers of this world and not just by the likes of me.
I hope you will remember that with power comes responsibility and not let this new found status and influence go to your head
What I’ve learned from this sorry mess is that restaurants have the most active PR operations… Which is actually a bit scary, given your usual targets.
Are you sure you were really even there?
I mean. . . maybe it never really happened.
You could also learn that people do not like ahving their bars disparaged and that they will, when talking to someone who cannot remember the area, make up a fictitious bar to deflect said negative comments.
You do know that this calls into question your over priced fish and chip story, don’t you?
It also calls into question the number of women he has slept with, his credit rating, his superiority over Fat Jim and Sarah Palin
Anna – I normally carry round a tiny little pad for occasions such as this but in my packing rush I had left it at home.
Vamos – That is about the only person who has not contacted me so far.
Sam – You are not wrong.
Jo – Unfortunately they found me through Google. It is as if Google hates me.
Keef – You are right, I am like a superhero. Can I have a costume?
KT – I have had a number of emails in the past from disgruntled targets, but this is the first/second time I have actually been wrong about it.
Toylady – Hello. The thought did cross my mind, but I have the boarding pass to prove it…
Oli – I now have a file of evidence to prove that this time, I am correct! Which will be my stance right up until someone proves me wrong.
Ubermouth – but that time I had witnesses!
Oli – You are getting eaten as Spam, every single time, without fail. Are you using that email address or website for spamming purposes elsewhere? Even after I tell the system you are not spam, it puts you in the spam folder