SAE

September 27th, 2006 - 11:23 | 3 comments

My sister let me know about the upcoming Stratford Writers Festival, which has a retro website. I particularly like the Contact Us page, which says:

For further information, including a timetable and booking form, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to[...]

A stamped, self-addressed envelope? I don’t think I’ve heard that phrase since early ’90s Blue Peter…How is this easier than just putting the info online? I don’t mean to poke fun at people who undoubtedly mean well, it just made me laugh

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3 Responses to “SAE”

1 Lil Sep 27th, 2006 at 8:25 pm

Wow they’ve certainly gone for minimalist there You’d be surprised how many job adverts ask you to send SAEs =P
2 Lynsey Sep 28th, 2006 at 1:25 pm

Well I’m a traditionalist and I like getting post
3 Andrew Sep 28th, 2006 at 2:10 pm

Who doesn’t like getting post? But it’s two days before this writer’s festival is due to start and the only way to find out anything about it is to wait four days for a letter to be returned with information that could be put onto a website in five minutes. No point using the post just for the sake of using the post.

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