Just received payment from one of my clients and here’s what my check had on it:

Just thought I’d share!

The week before we left on vacation, my sister-in-law gave me this printout from a communication that went out at the company where she works. This memo went out to everyone in their corporation. Yes, it’s a VERY large company and there were probably thousands of folks who read this piece. Interestingly enough, the communication was quickly deleted from their system – but not before my sister-in-law printed it out. Thanks Tina! And no, I won’t divulge the name of the company. For those of you who would like to know who it was that made this big-time foul up, I apologize for the incontin…er wait, inconvenience.

This picture is a little closer in case you aren’t able to read the first one.

I saw this on Facebook this morning and I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to use it. I think the best thing to do is just let it speak for itself:

Definition of Faux Pas:

(fō pä’)

A social blunder.
[French : faux, false + pas, step.]

Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/faux pas (accessed: February 24, 2010).

Yep, it definitely qualifies as a faux pas. Enjoy…

This can’t possibly be good news for that school district…

This past Saturday I received a letter from a prominent university in Spokane, WA. The letter, on official university letterhead, detailed a piano sale from their music department. The letter was fine…until the very last sentence. At that point, they blew it.

Credit cads? Sigh…

This is the problem with relying on a spellchecker. The word ‘cads’ isn’t misspelled, so it didn’t get a squiggly red line placed under it to notify the writer of a potential problem. The problem lies in the fact that ‘cads’ is simply the incorrect word to use in that sentence (it should be CARDS).

So, please, please don’t just trust your spellchecker! I imagine this letter was mailed out to thousands of people in our area. I’m sure one of the journalism or English majors at the university would have done an excellent job of proofreading this letter and rectified this embarrassing mistake if they would have been given the opportunity.

Just food for thought…

Why is proofreading important? Here’s a great example of why you need to double check your work. It’s also a good example of a poor printing company. A company who produces material for other organizations really should be responsible enough to double check the content they are printing. Five minutes of time reviewing the project probably would have eliminated an error that has now been reported and scoffed at nationwide.

WESTLAKE, Ohio – A Cleveland-area principal says he’s embarrassed his students got proof of their “educaiton” on their high school diplomas.

Westlake High School officials misspelled “education” on the diplomas distributed last weekend. It’s been the subject of mockery on local radio.

Principal Timothy Freeman says he sent back the diplomas once to correct another error. When the diplomas came back, no one bothered to check things they thought were right the first time.

The publisher has reprinted the diplomas a second time and sent them to the 330 graduates.

Source: Yahoo News 6/9/08

By the way, if I were the principal…I’d find another printer for next year’s diplomas. I wonder what the first error was that caused them to be sent back…