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You have to wonder about the quality of the algorithms used by internet advertisers when someone who achieved notoriety by getting sea-sick aboard a boat that was tied to the bank on the Thames finds himself inundated with adverts for cruises.
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To be honest though, a number of companies have worked in a basically similar way for ages.
A number of years ago, I worked in a university. One of my colleagues was in a house share at the time. The guy whose house he was sharing was receiving lots of unsolicited Tesco clubcard offers on certain lines - and politely tackled Tesco about this:
"I wonder why you keep on sending me clubcard offers on pork and alcohol."
"We'd noticed that you weren't buying them from us - and wondered if you might be interested."
"I don't think so."
He then went on to explain that there were religious reasons why he wasn't buying these lines - and wasn't likely to in future - mainly because he's a Muslim. Not surprisingly, Tesco's then got very apologetic at this point.
I must admit, though, to really liking this guy's restraint. I would have liked to have handled this stuff in a similar way - I would probably have managed to - but I can't say for certain.
It surprised me that Tesco had "tripped themselves up" in this manner - especially in view of what little I know about the guy who started the company.
