It was quite funny today, I phoned up a local cambridgeshire paper enquiring about work experience and spoke to one of the subs. He couldn't help me, but said he would pass on a message to the editor. The conversation went something like this...
"So what is your name?"
"Andrew Webster"
"Normal spelling for Webster"
"Yes, W E B S T E R"
"Great, and what is your phone number?"
"07786588677"
"Ok, let me read that back to you 077 865 88 677"
"Perfect"
"And you are from St. Neots"
"yes"
"N E O T S isn't it?"
"yes"
"thanks a lot, I have written that down and will pass it on to him."
That is a man who has clearly been drilled on the importance of checking all details no matter how obvious they appear, even when taking a message on a post-it note! I imagine I would now be the same.
I'm going to read up on Evans' just in case the Editor asks me about it when I eventually talk to him.
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