A wedding photographer was sending an important message to a bride-to-be and only realized a major issue after it had been sent.
Anna Rowland is a wedding photographer from Devon in the United Kingdom, and often gets enquiries from happy couples about her business, Luna Weddings, hoping she will photograph their big day.
Recently, Rowland was taking her golden retriever, Nala, for a walk, when she got a WhatsApp message from a bride-to-be asking about her services—and, with no one around and her hands full, Rowland decided to dictate the message in voice-to-text rather than typing it out.
But in the middle of the message, as Rowland told Newsweek, “I turned around and saw my dog chomping away on something—those with dogs will know what this likely was.”
Rowland stopped her dog from eating it before returning to the message she was dictating—and “did not even consider or remember that it might have transcribed.”
Now Rowland’s message has been seen by thousands of people after she shared it to her TikTok account, @lunawedanna, on February 6.
First sharing a photograph of Nala on the walk, she wrote: “This is your daily reminder to proofread the dictated messages you send whilst walking your dog to your wedding photography enquiries BEFORE you send them.”
Rowland then showed the message she sent. It started off normally, with Rowland promising to send the bride gallery links of her work and asking what kind of style she would be interested in.
But then things got weird.
Her message read: “As a guide my style is very documentary-led what are you eating? Come here stop being dirty and more about what’s happening and the emotions rather than lots of posed photos.”
It didn’t take Rowland long to realize what had happened, as less than a minute later she sent another message apologizing: “Omg so sorry I’m dictating as I’m walking the dog.”
Recalling the moment, she told Newsweek: “I sent the message then quickly read it back and thought: ‘Erm, why have I asked what she’s eating… oh WAIT,’ and immediately sent a follow-up voice note trying not to laugh too hard to explain what had happened.
“I usually proofread, but for some reason I proofread after I’d sent the message.”
TikTok users were in stitches, watching the video more than 33,000 times, as Rowland admitted in the caption: “I was CRYING when I read this back. But also cringing, and crying. Thankfully, she saw the funny side and we are having a chat this weekend.”
One commenter told Rowland: “This would win me over. I’d be like ‘she gets it, sold!'”
“This is so good,” another laughed, as another called it “hilarious,” and one shared their own story: “If it makes you feel any better I had a voicemail transcript from my financial adviser today that came through as ‘I hate you. Wow.’ instead of ‘I hope you’re well.'”
Rowland told Newsweek that the bride found it funny “and she went on to tell me she had a dog, and we are chatting about their wedding this weekend!”
She admitted the situation was “so embarrassing, but also I couldn’t stop laughing for a while!”
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