You are. And that is enough.
I had a bit of a cough earlier today, so I got a Halls cough drop and saw some writing on the wrapper when I opened it up. Apparently, Halls now has “A PEP TALK IN EVERY DROP”, which provides such inspiring messages as “Put your game face on” and “Be unstoppable.”
This one also had “Let’s hear your battle cry.” On a cough drop. You’re supposed to give a battle cry while trying not to cough. Riiiiiight…
It’s nice to know there are other people on the lookout for products like “Your Single” clothing: failblog.org
And as a special bonus, I clicked on the link to see the website again and it has a note saying:
“This item is currently out of stock
Please check your local store for availability.”
Sooooo… yay for them taking it off the Internet, but boo that they’re still willing to sell it in stores? Or maybe they’re bluffing and already got rid of all the shirts, but don’t want to admit it. Either way, I feel like we achieved a small victory today. I think it’s safe to start telling girls I’m single again.
(I know, I had a nice running theme in the title, but I couldn’t find an alternate spelling for “grammar”. That’s probably for the best.)
So I wrote my “Contact Us” message to Wet Seal on the 13rd about their “Your Single” tunic and still haven’t heard anything. I’m tempted to write a letter… on paper… sent in the mail… pretty extreme, right? But I want to know what kind of reaction the company will have if I openly express anger about the mistake on that shirt. Personally, it only irritates me when I’m looking at the web page, but this would be kinda like kids poking frogs with sticks—they want to see what will happen.
If I end up sending a letter, I’ll be sure to post it for everyone to read and then post the response (assuming I get one) from Wet Seal. Hopefully, there won’t be any grammatical mistakes if/when they write back to me…
It’s not bad enough that teens keep confusing there/their/they’re and your/you’re. Now there’s a clothing company perpetuating the confusion. I can only imagine how many English teachers will see “IF YOUR SINGLE, SO AM I” on this shirt and start having heart palpitations.
(In case you’re wondering, I clicked “Contact Us” and sent them a message asking if they realized the mistake. I should know in a day or two just how stupid the shirt designers are.)
What’s the point of talking? Continue reading “If someone refuses to listen…”
I was logging into the blog a couple minutes ago to write a quick entry about a Facebook group called “America is not U.S.A. America is a Continent.” It’s true, America doesn’t consist solely of The United States of America; it’s all of North and South America. North America + South America = TWO continents. But that’s beside the point at the moment.
The first thing I did was check out the spam filter because, well, there are usually some interesting (and sometimes amusing) messages posted by websites that think I need to work out more, need cheap mp3 files and need a bigger penis. They may be right, but that’s beside the point at the moment as well. This time, I found a comment written by an actual person with a valid opinion that should probably be addressed. (When you read it, you’ll understand why it got blocked by the spam filter.) Continue reading “What is “batcave blogging”?”
