A Brief Note on the Thankless Task of Proofreading
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Sent to us by le R. Père, with the following narrative:
R: I went to Starbucks this am and this sign was on display. I asked the barista, "Who made the sign?" She said it was made that morning in the store. I said, "There are multiple words that are not spelled correctly and it appears to be thanking management for creating the problem." She looked at me in kind of a strange way and she said the spelling was fine.
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Multi-syllabic words are just so inconviencent.
Typically I prefer hazelnut or french vanilla coffee, but I'll give inconvenience coffee a try if they're serving it this week.
Maybe she was high?
So, the brewer was acting up and the management knocked him or her into some sort of alternate time? When that's going on, can you blame the other employee for not admitting to spelling mistakes?
Give 'em a break, they haven't had their coffee yet.
of order. thank you
le R. Père
And yet, for some reason, I still feel like a venti white chocolate mocha espresso.
What? I deal with temporial inconvience all the time. Don't you?
That needs to go to the Fail blog, stat.
I hate inconvience, especially if it keeps me away from my coffee, even temporialy.
*bangs head on desk*
Maybe something happened to the TARDIS?
I spent years as a retail slave. It makes perfect sense that this was signed by management. The next step is to blame the staff for the mistakes. ("I told you to document the procedure for making me look less stupid!")
P.S. -- Starbucks ran out of coffee? WTH?
I'm cringing! Not that I've never made a typo, but this sign seems close to illiteracy. Makes me wonder if I should also check my coffee next time for stray particles and missing commas :)
My 86 year old father used to say, "You understood what I meant didn't you? So what's the problem?" ...sigh, roll eyes and kiss him on the forehead. I married my spell-checker...a technical editor.
but to be fair... they didn't have any coffee before they made it.
Even people who WORK at Starbucks can't drink that crap. HA HA HA HA OH JUST SLAYING OURSELF OVER HERE
Oof, I have yet to comment on a sign with mistakes, but this one is so bad I probably would have!
Thank you management!
reminds me of a notice from years ago in a bar where I worked during summer vacations. Forgot the message but it ended:
"...Sighned, Manager."
Aaargh! My poor blighted oculars.
This could also be called, "A Brief Note on the Importance of Typographical Hierarchy". Why are the point sizes/leading the way that they are?
Maybe it was a subliminal message that Management is indeed at fault, hence its giant emphasis. And maybe they left space for their handwritten "coffee" embellishment on purpose.
I don't know what's worse -- the sign itself or its writer's indifference to all the mistakes. The "it doesnt matter" drives me bonkers. Bonkers, I tell you!
That is AWESOME!
Who cares about words? Man, you people and your pretentious, LITERARY stammerings. How do you sleep at night? I ask you. Caring about WORDS.
Care about something cool, like puppy calendars or the Olsen twins. GOD
Maybe the sign was created on the run, as the manager juggled her laptop, fleeing tha angry mob deprived of their morning joe.
Or maybe it was a secret contest - whoever guesses the correct number of mistakes gets a free latte?
clearly it was early in the morning ...
What I hate most about posts like this one is that I have to concentrate really, really hard to pick up on the mistakes. It worries me.
LOL! I find funny. Long ago I gave up on getting annoyed by the incompetence of others. Now I just shake my head, laugh at it, and move on.
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