I’m not sure should be categorize this as a good or bad usage of the technology. Maybe the right word is “weird,” you be the judge…
A Spanish mortuary has created a new service to allow mourners to send condolences to grieving relatives by SMS.
Madrid based M30 mortuary is publishing daily lists in local newspapers of those who have died. Each of the deceased has a code number, which must be included along with the text message and a keyword, which can be sent to an automated number. The texts costs 1.20 EUR ($2.10) plus VAT.
The mortuary’s marketing manager (that position exists?), José Salvador, said messages were filtered so that nothing hurtful or tactless reached relatives. “It makes things easier for people who are far away or do not know how to contact the family,” he added.
[Via: textually.org]