We’ve all been haunted by them, at some point or the other. Sometimes we’re expecting a text back from our special *ahem ahem* someone(s) and jump out of our seats, thinking the fateful time has come, but are left utterly disappointed to see the good ol’ automated spam messages from various brands.
Most of us (myself included), sigh and move on with our days, but then there exist, thankfully, knights in shining armor like this bhaijaan, on Twitter:
I went to a Sana Safinaz outlet to remind these guys about how much of scumbags they are for sending me marketing text messages when I’m a 27 year old male. They quietly listened and told me they’d take down my number from their sms list. Later I found out the outlet was Sapphire
— Ahmed (@ahmedsiddiqi17) May 13, 2018
Ahmed here was 110% done with spam messages.
His frustration led him to vent his frustration at the outlet – something many of us wish we could do, tbh.
This shit absolutely grinds my gears pic.twitter.com/qWDWjFkIZt
— Ahmed (@ahmedsiddiqi17) May 15, 2018
We feel you, man. We feel you.
The Twitterverse reacted with arms wide open because, well, aren’t we all victims of this cruel branding ritual?
While some simply responded with gifs…
— WAQAS NOOR (@WAQASNOOR46) May 14, 2018
…others believed they found their hero.
You did ot for me mate i am fedup from sapphire
— Khizer Ali (@Khizer_ali) May 15, 2018
People joined in to complain.
I can show u text messages from @dominos which they are sending me since ages, called their helpline a number of times but still they hv nt removed my no.
These all are like 20 rupay k load wali saba who is in a hospital and still breathing— Jahangir Abbasi (@jahangirabbasi) May 15, 2018
^We know your pain all too well, sadly.
And then came the suggestions:
So much work. For something inconsequential. Block kr daitay ?
— Dania kiyani (@olddeadtired) May 14, 2018
ALL kinds of suggestions.
Maybe a return trip to apologise is in order? ☝️?
— ABW (@ABWDXB) May 15, 2018
Some people offered explanations.
it happens, these cues will help you in future. Nishat linen has bright colors, Khaadi has a Gothic feel to it, Sana Safinaz is too floral while Sapphire has a bakery in their outlet.
— Aizzan Malik ?? (@AizzanKehtaHay) May 14, 2018
Aur phir there was this tech savvy bhai saab:
This is entirely the fault of the phone companies that sell this advertising space to third parties.
— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) May 15, 2018
And then the usual troll *sigh* :
So you actually paid for trip to get to Sapphire, only to give them your number which they ended up spamming you on, all while you didn't wanted to be spammed. pic.twitter.com/CiPCDroRhT
— Salman Imranist ! (@SalmanS6) May 15, 2018
OMG who cares, your sad life. Get a grip….
— Salman Imranist ! (@SalmanS6) May 15, 2018
Yaaarrr, why the hate?!
And then there were those shareef log who got a good laugh out of the whole situation aur nikal liye:
Lol
— صبا~ (@sabak_iftikhar) May 14, 2018
?????
— Athar (@atharalizaidi) May 14, 2018
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ??????
— AtiyaAbbas (@bloggoodlife_) May 14, 2018
Regardless, you can’t help but feel ke haan, kiya toh bandey ne theek hee hai. Isn’t it high time brands let us live in peace, waisay? Spam messages are annoying AF, you know? I mean, we’ll go and devour each and every aspect of their sales anyway, even if they stop bombarding us with texts. Khair, aap ka kya khyaal hai? Let us know in the comments.
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