The spell checker was down too.

[bjarvis]

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

Elevator repair and English spelling are separate skillsets. Urbana office, 2006-10-11

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[jwg.livejournal.com]

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]

> [...] 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!)

[rsc.livejournal.com]

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".