Please consider taking it private with the OP. I am not interested in reading highjacked posts with axes to grind against members, with no regard for the topic.
MrC, I chalk it up to laziness of schedulers who use this practice. Not just on the forum, but in blanket emails. I get email for shops in Hawaii, for crying out loud - regardless that my radius is set to 20 miles from home. (I shop the Carolinas.) Most major reporting platforms provide for schedulers to set parameters for emailing shops. Regarding the Job Board here, schedulers repeatedly posting shops across the world, with inaccurate hooks of 'shops in your area' could be toggled.
If any shoppers are so inclined, follow through with a PM to the scheduler informing them they're wasting shoppers' time, and that their inaccurate hook is not appreciated. We can't reply to the Job Board forum, but can name names elsewhere.