The world faces a plight of entire people groups meeting their death sooner than necessary because of a lack of food. My manager wanted to share in their pain and sorrow. He put up a sign at work that said that “we will starve to make your experience pleasant.” And he signed his name.
Thankfully he didn’t sign mine as well.
This post is not about the the actual tragedy of starvation. Rather, it is about the atrocity of misspellings.
My manager was not offering to abstain from delectable foods. He meant to say “we will strive to make your experience pleasant.” Big difference. I didn’t need any such sign because my customers already know that I work exceptionally hard to make sure their order is not only made correctly, but also served with an extra dose of happy. I strive, exempting myself from any ludicrous offer of starvation.
An article about Dunkin’ Donuts caught my eye this morning. Ok so it wasn’t exactly all about DD; it simply mentioned the name in its title. Still. It prompted me to share my own story about Dunkin’ Donuts misspellings, so you should at least read the article out of gratitude that you got a blog post out of it. My favorite part is this:
USA Today columnist Craig Wilson probably says it best about the grammar police: “Intoxicated by their discovery,” he wrote, “they then dash off scathing notes telling us what fools we be.”
Wilson says he’s happy there are still people who care enough about the English language to create a fuss. “God bless all two of them,” Wilson wisecracked.
The reasons I like that part are twofold. First, he said “scathing,” which is quite possibly my newest favorite word. Secondly and lastly, he says that there are two of us who fuss because we care, which means that I’m not the only one! Now if only I could find that second person…..
