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A friend of AOA took this picture with his cellphone camera yesterday at the Sears in Colonie. As he asked us in an email: "How many mistakes can you find in this sign?"
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Is that for real? I spot five mistakes. I feel proud about spotting the spelling errors--like I could be this person's fifth grade teacher in the crappy school this person went to to get this menial job. I am going to take an educated guess and go with Albany City School District, perhaps?
... said Amelia on Jan 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM | link
Hey, we all make mistakes. Life is hard without spell check.
... said Greg on Jan 30, 2008 at 10:40 AM | link
This is hysterical! Just goes to show you, grammar and spelling are not requirements in the retail trade........
... said Tina on Jan 30, 2008 at 11:44 AM | link
The sign is plagued with errors and yet its brilliant. Like much of Sears' merchandise it makes up in function what it lacks in form.
This precious nugget aside I doubt that retail as a whole has the market cornered on poor English skills...
... said Elizabeth on Jan 30, 2008 at 8:23 PM | link
And don't think this will be the last time you'll see spelling errors in public! Of course, last week, I thanked a clerk at CVS for not asking me if I had my CVS card "on me" rather than "with me," and he said he thought that both were correct, since "on me" was really a contraction, in his mind, for "on your person." I don't buy it! I don't wear my CVS card or my license, so I NEVER have it "on me," I have it WITH me.
... said Wanda on Jan 31, 2008 at 12:33 PM | link
I'm going to take a guess that President Bush made the sign.
... said PJT on Jan 31, 2008 at 6:49 PM | link
Sears is in trouble. They were a noble institution.
This sign is a metaphor for their whole situation and would make a could epitaph.
... said TourPro on Feb 1, 2008 at 12:48 PM | link
hmmm...aside from the fact that bad spellers are educated everywhere (ask my manager--educated at a large suburban school district north of here--hint: begins with an "S" and ends with an "H" before graduating from college) I am always amused when folks find it so crazy that retail workers are a poorly educated lot. Last I checked, there were few MBAs signing up (no pun intended) for jobs that are wretchedly awful: low pay, irregular hours (which preclude most people from continuing an education) and little professional power or status. Like many other dead-end industries, retail is attracting many people who use English as a second language and who aren't above taking a job--any job--that will give them a toehold (albeit a meager one) in this country. That might explain a typo or two...or five.
... said bex719 on Mar 9, 2008 at 7:17 PM | link