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Paddy Power live tweet toe curling wrong number text exchange

on Aug 12, 2014 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Paddy Power has reaffirmed its reputation for pushing boundaries after it live tweeted the chat up lines of an unfortunate man named Steve, who thought he was texting a girl he met in the bar the previous night but had actually got through to a PR representative of the bookmaker.

The love struck individual unwittingly struck up a conversation with the bookies after getting a crucial digit wrong, exposing him to the very public prank.

Adopting a feminine persona the PR man initially plays the role perfectly, adopting text speak, emoticons and rampant kisses to put Steve at ease. It isn’t Read full story ›

Source: The Drum