Pet Hate!
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Topic: Pet Hate!
Posted By: BugTeeny
Subject: Pet Hate!
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:18pm
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OK, so call me anal retentive - but one of my hobbies is finding spelling/grammatical errors in signs (not that I'm always perfect, however).
This one just takes the cake. I found it in Whitcoulls.....of all places... And in the children's section no less..  ------------- 
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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:21pm
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Ahahahaha - That grinds my gears!
I hate that kinda thing. -------------  My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:22pm
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And it wasn't like it was on one sign - it was all three!!
One at each end of the stand and one in the shop-front window!! -------------
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:24pm
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OMG it even looks stupid ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:25pm
did you tell them? i wouldve told them  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:35pm
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Oh dear. That kind of stuff winds me up too!
Here's a question for you though - why is "All you can eat!" OK but "Eat all you can!" sounds weird?? Try explaining THAT one to a taxi driver  ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:36pm
Nope I bet Charly didnt tell them .. she's far too nice  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Emily281
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:58pm
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Drives me nuts too. I especially hate it when reading books or news articles - that's what editors are for aren't they?! ------------- TTC#1: Jan 07 Aug 08: Lap found and excised Stage 3 Endo Nov 08: 2nd lap clear - given OK to TTC after next AF |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 6:01pm
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Argh, I know! Stuff is the worst for that! Very very irritating. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 6:04pm
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omg lol, thats just stupid, how can they make such a lame mistake!!! ------------- |
Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 6:04pm
Haha it took me forever to realise the problem! How sad is that!  -------------  
TTC #3 since Jan 2010 - PCOS MC April 2010 |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 6:05pm
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I would have told them - I'm like you Charly.
My current hate is http://www.mrvintage.co.nz/site/mrvintage/images/large/DEKA001.jpg - this teeshirt that DH got for Christmas. I was with my sister when she got it and remarked I would have to get out the fabric pens to add an apostrophe - she was scandalised that I would say that within earshot of the staff. 
ETA: I actually like the teeshirt apart from that missing apostrophe. -------------  
 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 7:14pm
| I hate that too. There is a fruit stall here (a big commercial one) and the have SO many spelling mistakes. On their main front they have "Naturelly" Then inside they had Strawberrys, Boysonberrys, Rasberries and a place for Cherrie stones. Grrrrrr!!!! Muppets!!! I wont buy my fruit from them. |
Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 7:22pm
LOL - I would love that shirt if it had the apostrophe. It made me crack up. How annoying! -------------   
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Bobbie wrote:Posted By: Danaj
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 7:30pm
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OMG! Where did you get that shirt???? My DH would LOVE it!! ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wyI1oWn/"> 
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Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:08pm
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LOL I love the shirt
The spelling things crack me up more than they bother me. Charly, you better be nice to us all or we'll bombard you with incorrectly spelt pm's  -------------  
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:13pm
You know me all too well, my love
However, I was tempted. But having worked in retail since I was 15 I could just hear the conversations that poor staff member would be having around her dinner table that night
There was a sign down the road from me once - missing an apostrophe. So I took the dog for a walk, with a vivid pen, and added it. The following morning they had twinked out the apostrophe!! And I love that t-shirt! hahah Freesia, I don't mind it so much on here as I know that a lot of posts here are posted in a hurry without a lot of care (guilty!!!), but when it comes to things like that it really bugs me -------------
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:39pm
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OMG I wonder if it is at all Whitcolls. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:22pm
It's from www.mrvintage.co.nz http://www.mrvintage.co.nz/shop/New/BOXING+DAY+SALE+TEES/Farmers+Santa+MENS+t-shirt+-+Limited+Edition.html - This is my fave from there at the moment but unfortunately none left in DH's size - otherwise he'd be getting it for next Christmas. I can't believe those people twinked the apostrophe out Charly - you'd think they'd go and check and realise their mistake. -------------
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:25pm
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I just told my friend who works at Whitcolls who laughed at it at well and said they have stupid people in Marketing. She is going to look at it tomorrow (if she goes in to work) and then ring marketing and give them schite. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:33pm
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Bahahah love it.
I hope they fix it quickly - for shame!
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:35pm
lol!!! Thats classic! DH loves it. Yep Charly I get annoyed at this as well. ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:59pm
LOL Charly, I can't believe you corrected their sign Classic  -------------
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 10:03pm
That sign would drive me crazy too!!  at a bookshop as well, *sigh*.
LOL at correcting the sign, Charly ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: pomikiwi
Date Posted: 09 January 2009 at 10:48am
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It looks so wrong!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
DD-Carys Amelia 17.03.06 |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 09 January 2009 at 11:22am
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I worked at a bookshop before I had kids and once made a spelling mistake on a sign for the counter. OMG, the sh!t I got from customers about it! It was only up for about 10 minutes and almost every customer I served in that time felt the need to say "You work in a bookshop, how could you get that wrong!" LOL, oh the shame!
Needless to say, I have never made that particular spelling mistake again! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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