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We all make errors, and sometimes, those errors can make us look like idiots. Especially when that error gets published out in the world, even though it likely went through a host of gatekeepers to get there. And that's why we're here. To shame those gatekeepers with an internet scarlet S. I don't expect you to be perfect. It takes a village, and every village has an idiot. But for the sake of your company's reputation, hire a village that has at least one member THAT CAN SPELL.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Violence in kids' sports

Once again, JR sends in a troubling sign from her kid's world. This was at his t-ball game's snack bar.

Photo by JR
Peanuts survived without apostrophe abuse. So why couldn't pistachios make the cut? You also have to wonder why the sign doesn't just say "All snacks $1.00." That would have saved everyone some pain. Including whoever it was that had to cut out those jagged backgrounds.

Let's start a campaign in which each one of us tells ONE person that plural words don't require an apostrophe. Tell that person to then tell someone. And so on. Eventually, everyone will know.

Oh, wait. We already have something like that. It's called SCHOOL. Gah. I understand that kids sports have become scary business. That parents are beating up refs and other parents over calls made. Listen, people. That's not the problem. THIS IS. Maybe your kid grows up having lost a few t-ball games. It's good for him or her. But growing up thinking this word needs an apostrophe? Now THAT is a problem with repercussions well into the future. I think y'all know who needs to be called out at the next game.


(Thanks, JR)
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