bjarvis: (urbana)
bjarvis ([personal profile] bjarvis) wrote2006-10-11 09:11 am
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The spell checker was down too.

This was attached to the freight elevator at my office this morning.

Elevator repair and English spelling are separate skillsets. Elevator repair and English spelling are separate skillsets.

Urbana office, 2006-10-11

That's it! Les is in the wrong profession

[identity profile] fuzzygruf.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
My boss should be in elevator repair.

He gave an us an agenda for yesterday's meeting.

It should say:

"Rosie wins Excellence Award."

His agenda:

"Rosi wins Excellance award."

[identity profile] emramesha.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
**tee hee**

[identity profile] abqdan.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Sign from the grocery store yesterday "On Sale - cretified Angus Beef". Since I don't know much about cretification (similar to smoking maybe?) I passed on that.

[identity profile] rsc.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know much about cretification

Sounds like a process involving chalk. Not tempting.

[identity profile] brunorepublic.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
My building has had a notice by the garbage disposal room advising people on how to use it so that it can "effectivally" be cleaned. It's been up for months. :)

[identity profile] jwg.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
In our office building in Tech Square, the building management used to post memos explaining something or other about building maintenance complete with spelling and grammar errors. Once I wrote a memo in their style on a their letter head about elevator passes being needed to use the elevator under certain conditions and posted in in various spots.

Several people complained to me (I was a manager in our organization) about the outrageous building policy described in the letter.
jss: (badger)

[personal profile] jss 2006-10-11 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
> [...] on a their letter head

I'm torn between asking if you're using a stereotypical Italian accent or intentionally and incorrectly saying you should've used "they're" there. Insert your own joke here.

(Hee!)

[identity profile] rsc.livejournal.com 2006-10-12 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
This is an example of what I have referred to, on Usenet, as Coren's Law. I'm also trying to come up with an appropriate meaning of "building maintenance complete with spelling and grammar errors".

[identity profile] trawnapanda.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
not only bad spelling, but laminated too, so it'll last longer