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08-16-2005, 02:19 PM
MILWAUKEE (Aug. 15) - An energy company is apologizing to its customers after accidentally listing a sex-line phone number instead of the right number for low-income customers to call for financial help.
The mailer went out last week to about 4,000 We Energies customers who qualify for a new energy assistance program, company spokeswoman Beth Martin said Friday.
But instead of the company's 800-number, it listed a phone number with one different digit that connects callers to a recorded message.
Sultry music plays in the background as the line picks up, and a woman says "Wanna get with the sluttiest girls your imagination can dream up?"
"We can be whatever you want us to be, baby. After all, it's your imagination," the recording says. It goes on to offer services for up to $2.99 a minute with a credit card number.
Martin said numerous people proofread the cards, but the wrong number still made it through before the cards were sent to the printer.
New cards offering an apology for the mistake from the company's customer service director - and listing the correct phone number - are going out this week, she said.
"The most important thing is for us to apologize to our customers. It was a typo, it was human error," Martin said. "It's really a shame because we were really trying to do a good thing."
The mailer went out last week to about 4,000 We Energies customers who qualify for a new energy assistance program, company spokeswoman Beth Martin said Friday.
But instead of the company's 800-number, it listed a phone number with one different digit that connects callers to a recorded message.
Sultry music plays in the background as the line picks up, and a woman says "Wanna get with the sluttiest girls your imagination can dream up?"
"We can be whatever you want us to be, baby. After all, it's your imagination," the recording says. It goes on to offer services for up to $2.99 a minute with a credit card number.
Martin said numerous people proofread the cards, but the wrong number still made it through before the cards were sent to the printer.
New cards offering an apology for the mistake from the company's customer service director - and listing the correct phone number - are going out this week, she said.
"The most important thing is for us to apologize to our customers. It was a typo, it was human error," Martin said. "It's really a shame because we were really trying to do a good thing."