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Why does nobody talk about how a free AI writing tool mangled my pest control quotes
I ran 40 of my old service quotes through a free AI rewriter last Tuesday just to see if it could make them sound more professional, and it turned 'baited 6 stations along the east wall' into 'placed 6 tempting snacks near the wall' on almost every single one. A customer in Mesa actually called me laughing and asked if I was feeding the roaches now. So if you're using these tools for anything customer facing, read every line out loud before it goes out. Has anyone found a prompt that keeps technical words like bait, gel, and crack and crevice from getting turned into food talk?
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webb.ben1mo ago
Back in 2019 I worked at a hardware store in Tempe and we had a guy come in furious because he typed his whole spring lawn care schedule into one of those free online paraphrasers to post on Nextdoor. It turned "apply pre-emergent before the soil hits 55 degrees" into "sprinkle your special powder before the ground gets comfy." He got three neighbors asking what kind of powder and one asking if it was safe around dogs. The part that got me was he never checked the output because the tool said it was done. That is the same trap you fell into, these things swap out any word they think sounds too technical without knowing bait is a real product and not just a word. Your Mesa customer laughing is the best case outcome, honestly. Worst case somebody reads "tempting snacks" and thinks you are baiting their dog too.
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