As you may know, I’m getting married soon and one thing that really annoys me is that when any company (like printers or caterers) hears the word “Wedding” their prices immediately treble. So, it was with great pleasure I read this story on The Register.

Apparently a Kiwi couple decided not to go ahead with a marquee hire from The Great Marquee Company, only to recieve the following e-mail:

Hi Steve, Thanks for your reply. Your wedding sounded cheap, nasty and tacky anyway, so we only ever considered you time wasters. Our marquees are for upper class clients which unfortunately you are not. Why don’t you stay within your class level and buy something from payless plastics instead. Kindest Regards Katrina Office Manager

The e-mail has ended up on bridal message boards worldwide and in hundred of mailboxes. Although the company has “apologised”, I somehow think it might hurt their profits a little bit.

My favorite bit of this whole story is that the evil employee who was fired after sending this e-mail, was apparently the CEO’s wife!