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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

NS mistakenly sends birthday present to 500.000 people in the Netherlands

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NS mistakenly sends birthday present to 500.000 people in the Netherlands

www.iamexpat.nl

fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago
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500.000 birthday emails were accidentally sent out by Dutch public transport provider, NS offering customers a birthday present, due to a mail system error.
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  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    Nederlandse Spoorwegen, for anyone else who was frustrated that there was only an acronym in the article, haha

    • uhmbah@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      +5000 for letting us know what NS is…

    • trslim@pawb.social
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      10 months ago

      I was thinking “North Sakota? Wait thats not a state.”

  • gigachad@sh.itjust.works
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    So what is the NS? Should I know it?

    • Deadlytosty@feddit.nl
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      It is the Dutch railway company, so no, I wouldnt expect you to know this as a foreigner.

      But I am a little sad now I am not part of the lucky ones…

      • EddoWagt@feddit.nl
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        11 months ago

        Me neither :(

    • Exec@pawb.social
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      Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the national train carrier of the Netherlands

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandse_Spoorwegen

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Norfolk Southern

      • ToyDork@sh.itjust.works
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        9 months ago

        Not the one, but close, according to other posters.

  • palordrolap@kbin.run
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    They’re not planning to sue everyone who tries to use their undeserved perk? These people have no idea how to run a business.

    /s

    (I shouldn’t need that second line, and yet…)

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