First rant: three people have spoken to Bob this week about our Nativity Tableau. Specifically the signs along the main road with arrows pointing "To the Manger". All three said they thought they said "To the Manager" [hospice contributions now at £240 for which we are grateful]
Second rant: we treated ourselves to a box of cereal this week. Porridge is a good, warming breakfast, but sometimes sweet crunchy stuff is fun. But surely somebody at Sainsbury's should have proof-read the blurb on the back of the packet? Oats, cornflakes, peanuts, honey... but what are
cereal cripsies? [it's wrong on their website too]Third rant: if you are sending out an important document, do check what you are saying is sensible. My dad said that during WW2 he saw a sign about what to do in an emergency. At the bottom it said
"If you can't read this, ask a policeman". I asked Dad how someone who could not read would work that out...
Bob had a letter from the NHS on Saturday. Halfway through, top of page three...
Please address all complaints to the Manger...
Because people today are so full of themselves and entitled, they cannot believe they may be wrong and because people put no importance to education. As the parent of a long serving primary school teacher, parents want their child to be happy and if they don’t want to learn/do something they should not be made to. Hence we have a population of uneducated, forthright, entitled people who think they are special and always right. Sandra.
ReplyDeleteI remember teaching some 10 years olds about home life in WW2. "If youwerebeing evacuated, to a safe place in the country, which ONE toy would you take?" And the responses included "All of them, I'd use the biggest suitcase" and "i would not go. I would tell Mum that and she would let me stay" Like you, I am concerned about these children who always seem to get everything they want.
DeleteI've been guilty of speedreading and therefore getting words wrong, especially when making out small text on the TV screen guide... can make programmes titles very different!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of cripsies though... that would bring me joy all day....
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DeleteThat Manager/Manger is busy!!!
ReplyDeleteA dear friend of ours was a newspaper reporter and latterly editor of our local newspaper before he retired and he says even when he and two other members of staff proof read an edition before printing there were nearly always glaring howlers that had been missed. I do think the examples you have given about not being able to read the information rather funny! Regards Sue H
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DeleteAs a child I used to love being taken into town at Christmas time to visit Santa in his grotto, see the lights and gaze at the wonderful nativity scene, which made the Christmas story come to life. I can't remember there being a manager though!
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DeleteI think you should write to the cereal company about their "cripsies" and ask if they have any connection to the gang known by the first five letters.
ReplyDeleteI don't think street gangs would eat this cereal l, it's too sweet!
DeleteSainsburys, and M/S often have errors in store also . I heave a deep teacherish sigh and find a 'manger' to point it out,. Then get a very apologetic letter hoping it has not upset me too much . ( I really should claim for trauma?). And then...nothing gets changed.
ReplyDeleteI have giv3n up trying to explain errors to assistants. I am so tempted to take a big red sharpie and correct the mistakes
DeleteGood result on the donations! Most folk these days probably don't even know what a manger is!!
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DeleteI am always annoyed with people on social media who are clueless on how to spell even the simplest (I actually double checked the spelling of that...LOL) of things......
ReplyDeleteToo many typos to count....
DeleteAs someone who has proofread for a living up until very recently it's very annoying when you spot glaring errors isn't it, especially on official documents. Although 'cripsies' sound extra crunchy, I might like them. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI think they are granola for people with dodgy teeth!
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