Woman suing dating service because it couldn't find a man for her

Chuck Shepard has a column in many alternative free weeklies called News of the Weird.

In that column, he has a semi-regular features called Our Litigious Society.

Here's another contribution to that society. From NBC 5 Chicago:

A suburban woman is suing a Schaumburg dating service, called Soulmates, Inc., because she claims the company didn't find her a suitable mate.

Galina Safir said she specified she wanted a man who, like her, was Russian, Jewish and no older than 52.

Officials from Soulmates disputed Safir's claim, saying she didn't list her preferences until a month into the contract.

They call the suit "ridiculous, but Safir said she wants her $4,000 back.

I don't know where Ms. Safir lives, but I can assure her that in the area I live, there are plenty of men who fit that profile.

Next. I've never used a dating service, and since I'm married, I have no plans to hook up with one. I may appear naïve, but is $5 grand a normal fee to use such a service?

Here's another problem I see with Soulmates that would've scared me away: The lead testimonial on Asoulmate.com reads:

Michael and I were married in "The Windy City", which seems very appropriate for our "whirl-wind" lives and romance. I am a successful entrepreneur with a huge zest for life. Mike is a physician with a schedule that allows very little time for socializing. We feel our paths would have never crossed if we had not taken the time to become members at Soulmates. Five years later, we have two beautiful children together.

This "testimonial" was either a coached write-up, or ghostwritten by an out-of-town ad agency. I'm a fourth-generation Chicagoan. No one, and I mean no one who lives here calls Chicago "The Windy City" in normal conversation, and atestimoniall is supposed to be normal. Yeah, local newspaper writes use "Windy City" once in a while, but only to give a little variety in theirverbiagee.

For the most part, we call it "Chicago." Or "the City."

Galina Safir made a bad business decision in the Windy City, uh, I mean, Chicago. Next time, Galina, try Craig's List. True, they don't screen out married people or psychos, but the price is much more reasonable.

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