This cracks me up...but also makes me twitch.

[Captain Purpleheart]

Okay, so I was walking ot a friend's house, and I walked by this truck. The back of the truck had an advertisment on the back. This is what it said:

"Is your house...

To hot? To cold? To dry? To damp?

Or just plain uncomfortable?
We can help! (Etc, etc.)"

Shouldn't it be Too...?

Yeah...It was kind of funny because usually those things have correct grammar. But it's really annoying!  

[Shade Skypage]

In light of such a horrible truth, at least we can take comfort that in the future, it will be people like that who shall become our peons.  

[abarrach]

Shinta Hitokiri

In light of such a horrible truth, at least we can take comfort that in the future, it will be people like that who shall become our peons.

If only that were true... *Points to President Curious George*  

[Shade Skypage]

abarrach

Shinta Hitokiri

In light of such a horrible truth, at least we can take comfort that in the future, it will be people like that who shall become our peons.

If only that were true... *Points to President Curious George*

There are exceptions, I'll admit, but hey, we all know Bill Gates is going to eventually try to control the whole bloody world anyways.  

[CristoVII]

Really? I thought it was Walmart that would try to do that.

Let's just hope they were running out of money and hired a kid to make an ad for them.  

[Kukushka]

See, I like it when companies make errors like that. It makes my selection that much easier when it comes to finding a company to do some work. How good can the service be if they can't even bother to spellcheck their advertisements? Clearly, they do not take pride in their work and are perfectly happy to do a half-assed job. Is that really who I want to do repairs on my home?  

[The_0ther_Account]

You are right, it should be too. I wish people would pay more attention to what they are writing, especially on things that are seen a lot in public.  

[darkrose_eve]

:Shakes head: So disappointing.  

[Amaya84]

Amazing that people who run companies these days are so clearly
a) not involved in their companies
or
b) that uneducated

Like someone said earlier, makes my decision of hiring easier.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

Well, that company just lost my business. If they can't spell properly, they probably can't do anything else properly either.

 

[Kukushka]

raineoftears

Amazing that people who run companies these days are so clearly
a) not involved in their companies

This is the part that really gets to me. You should take pride in your work. How much pride can you take it in if you don't even bother to take the time to double check it?

raineoftears

or
b) that uneducated

This is a bit of a social thing. There's an emphasis now on being self-employed and starting your own business. The last decade has seen a whole range of government and bank programs to help people. Gone are the days when they would have to hunt for investors and be eloquent enough to pitch their ideas in a convincing way. Now, all it takes is filling out a few papers (to get started - obviously it takes a lot more than that to actually keep the business afloat). This is like opening the flood gates on new businesses. The result is that instead of business owners being owned by the "very best" (or those with the "very best" connections), they can be owned by a more accurate cross-section of society - so both the educated and non-educated.

There's also a certain prestige in being self-employed. Society is looking at self-employment as superior to employment in a company. For this reason, a lot of kids are graduating from High School (where they may have done work placement training), learning a trade skill, and starting businesses right away without necessarily gaining the experience needed to run a business first. The result is that many lack the professionalism to really check their work. This isn't to say that in the "good ol' days" business were competent.

Merely that their investments in their businesses would have been much higher. Making a mistake like that mispelling that could cost a good deal of money wouldn't just mean "oh, I guess I have to go back to working with my old employer for a bit." Rather, it would mean the laying off of many employees and a severe drop in standard of living and position in society. So on the visible surface, at least, people checked their work more thoroughly.

And, of course, there's the simply fall of the education system. Kids today know something like half the words the same age group knew in the '50s. Kids aren't being taught grammar. Teachers are encouraged to care more about kids' self-esteems than about their actual academic success - prompting them to give undeserved grades and discouraging them from taking the time to actually help kids catch up. Telling them that they need to improve their academic performance might make them "feel bad," so we can't do that.

To hell in a handbasket...  

[Angelic-Sargeant]

lemon drop SURPRISE

Okay, so I was walking ot a friend's house, and I walked by this truck. The back of the truck had an advertisment on the back. This is what it said:

"Is your house...

To hot? To cold? To dry? To damp?

Or just plain uncomfortable?
We can help! (Etc, etc.)"

Shouldn't it be Too...?

Yeah...It was kind of funny because usually those things have correct grammar. But it's really annoying!

They won't be getting any custumers that respect Grammar. That's for sure. Or should I say. 'Fo' Sho?'  

[The Shoe Pile]

It can't have been a very good company. neutral  

[The Shoe Pile]

Shinta Hitokiri

abarrach

Shinta Hitokiri

In light of such a horrible truth, at least we can take comfort that in the future, it will be people like that who shall become our peons.

If only that were true... *Points to President Curious George*

There are exceptions, I'll admit, but hey, we all know Bill Gates is going to eventually try to control the whole bloody world anyways.

Yay! I want to live on Planet Microsoft.  

[merry go-round sex]

raineoftears

Amazing that people who run companies these days are so clearly
a) not involved in their companies
or
b) that uneducated

Like someone said earlier, makes my decision of hiring easier.