Those of you who know me may know that I can be a little bit picky when it comes to grammar and spelling and punctuation….(ok, fine, I’m a nazi, ok? Are you happy now?) When I worked for Marshalls, we had this one manager who would post announcements and notes to the staff on an easel in the breakroom, and she would almost always spell something wrong, or use “their” instead of “there,” etc. It would bug me so much, that I would usually go behind her with a red pen and make corrections to her notes…and eventually it got to the point where even if someone else had made a correction, I was blamed for it. lol…I looked at it this way – you’re supposed to be the store manager, you are supposedly college-educated, and you make at least twice what I make in a year – don’t you DARE be illiterate.
So anyway, Megan and I were shopping in Walmart the other day, when I looked up and saw this:
The worst part is, it was spelled that way on three different signs in that department (and if you ask me what word is spelled wrong, I will ridicule you until the end of your days), but it was correct on the fourth sign….so they can’t even try to blame it on there not being enough room on the sign for the “a”.
I’ve never wanted a red pen and a stepladder so badly in my life!
Gawd! I FEEL your PAIN! I am the SAME way! (does this have deeper meaning? Are you my starchild twin for realz?? ) =:D hahahaha I thought they would have spelled “Separate” wrong before spelling “curtains” wrong! C'mon now people! If you're gonna spelll something wrong, make sure you at least spell a “most commonly misspelled word” wrong! Geesh, =;D
I totally love that you took pictures of that! LOL! that's fricken AWESOME!
Oh come on ladies! Everyone of y'all knows that they spell curtins that way in half the country.
lol
Kat, I was inspired by your wedgie blog, so when I saw those signs, I knew I had to capture the moment!
Mom, apparently the line dividing the country into the half that spells it correctly and the (stupid) half that spells it 'curtins' falls through the middle of the Columbia, Maryland Walmart.
I say y'all and I would have known how to spell that word. I hope you brought this to the managers attention!
I will be home tomorrow..YIPPIE!!!!
Actually, it was Wal Mart's way of letting you know that they now carry a new branding and were alerting you to the fact that they now offer products from this site:
http://www.showercurtin.net/eflp/shower+curtain/pid210357/D626127/C3570615
You know, kind of like Kleenex, Scotch Brite and Toys R Us.
Jen – nah, I didn't bother to tell the manager. I figured I would just let them wallow in their own ignorance. lol
Sharon – they must really like that new product – they have 3 whole aisles of it!!!
Gotta market it if you want to sell it!
See how much your blogs are appreciated and missed? Glad to see you posting again! 🙂