The Blowhard
10-20-2002, 11:09 PM
Norwegian woman gets dirty text from PM's mobile phone
A Norwegian woman was sent a dirty text message from a mobile phone owned by the country's Prime Minister.
The message was sent in error by one of the chauffeurs of Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik.
He had dialled the wrong number and accidentally sent the message to 54-year-old Kari Stamnes in Trondelag.
She told Norwegian daily Dagbladet she was not amused by the message: "I feel bullied. It was a very dirty message."
She tried to phone the number to find out who had sent her the message but got no reply.
When she inquired through Norway's telephone information system, she was told the text message had been sent by a phone bought and paid for by the Prime Minister.
Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet published both the message and the telephone number of the man who sent it. He has since been besieged with callers.
"People have been phoning me on the mobile all day," he told the Nettavisen news website. "I will have to change numbers."
Oivind Ostag, an information officer at the Prime Minister's Office, confirmed the text message was sent by one of their phones.
"I apologise. It should never have happened. Service phones are not to be used like this," he said.
Story filed: 13:11 Monday 14th October 2002
A Norwegian woman was sent a dirty text message from a mobile phone owned by the country's Prime Minister.
The message was sent in error by one of the chauffeurs of Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik.
He had dialled the wrong number and accidentally sent the message to 54-year-old Kari Stamnes in Trondelag.
She told Norwegian daily Dagbladet she was not amused by the message: "I feel bullied. It was a very dirty message."
She tried to phone the number to find out who had sent her the message but got no reply.
When she inquired through Norway's telephone information system, she was told the text message had been sent by a phone bought and paid for by the Prime Minister.
Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet published both the message and the telephone number of the man who sent it. He has since been besieged with callers.
"People have been phoning me on the mobile all day," he told the Nettavisen news website. "I will have to change numbers."
Oivind Ostag, an information officer at the Prime Minister's Office, confirmed the text message was sent by one of their phones.
"I apologise. It should never have happened. Service phones are not to be used like this," he said.
Story filed: 13:11 Monday 14th October 2002