Engrish in your daily life - sandwiches mastered

[fixedgeargirl]

I used to work the opening shift in a bagel shop. Most mornings I'd unlock the door, and there they'd be, ham and swiss sandwiches running amok over counter and chair! There were dozens of them, and only one of me. After much running around, brandishing of serrated knives and threats of trips through the broiler, I'd finally get all those little buggers rounded up, mastered, just in time to open shop!



I'm just glad I didn't have to squeeze the orangutans!

[AuntieK]

Every day I drive past a mechanic's shop where they have a large banner out in front which reads,

"Ladie's Day on Wednesdays."

I wonder, "Who is this Ladie and why does she get special treatment on Wednesday?

I have to agree with SadieKate that it refects badly on the organization. I don't think I would trust that mechanic's shop just because of the sign!

[slinkedog]

I used to work the opening shift in a bagel shop. Most mornings I'd unlock the door, and there they'd be, ham and swiss sandwiches running amok over counter and chair! There were dozens of them, and only one of me. After much running around, brandishing of serrated knives and threats of trips through the broiler, I'd finally get all those little buggers rounded up, mastered, just in time to open shop!



I'm just glad I didn't have to squeeze the orangutans!

LOL! That's for a good laugh this morning!

[Brandy]

Mastered, mustard...it's all the same to me. What really bothers me is that the siwss cheese doesn't appear to be siwss at all. It looks like cheddar.

[maillotpois]

Mastered, mustard...it's all the same to me. What really bothers me is that the siwss cheese doesn't appear to be siwss at all. It looks like cheddar.

Wow. Good catch! Maybe that's what Siwss is, though. I have never had Siwss cheese.

[colby]

One of these days I'll take a picture, but there is this sign at the Flaming Wok in the local mall that says "Let Us Cook Your Party!"

As for hospitals, my favorite so far is a sign for one hospital's information services/technology department that is labeled: "MIS INFORMATION"

[Brandi]

Ahhhh proof read!

[Brandi]

One of these days I'll take a picture, but there is this sign at the Flaming Wok in the local mall that says "Let Us Cook Your Party!"

As for hospitals, my favorite so far is a sign for one hospital's information services/technology department that is labeled: "MIS INFORMATION"

Oh my gosh that is funny!!!!
We have a pumpkin patch that has a sign that reads "dead punkin's" not pumpkin, punkin's and they are dead!

[SadieKate]

fixedgeargirl, wonderful scenario. I needed the laugh.

[doc]

That's what I was thinking also.

Blame a friend (me or whomever) for questioning the professionalism of an org that allows signs like that. "You know? A friend saw these signs the other day and said, "blah-blah-blah." Better yet, an actual patient. If they can't get the sign right, probably don't know which leg needs the operation. Maybe the surgeon is dyslexic. Maybe s/he hasn't mastered writing orders.

I agree.

One of my pet peeves is the grocery check-out line with the sign "12 or less". It's 12 or FEWER!!! For goodness sakes, did anyone go to highschool?

[SadieKate]

Lise, you could also mustard those signs with Geonz' sharpie.

[maillotpois]

I agree.

One of my pet peeves is the grocery check-out line with the sign "12 or less". It's 12 or FEWER!!! For goodness sakes, did anyone go to highschool?

OMG, the whole less/fewer thing is DH's favorite grammar "issue". It's like the one thing he has, but he loves throwin' it out there!

[fixedgeargirl]

SK,wait 'til I tell the one about the siwss cheese !

[Trek420]

I wash my hands of this I'm headed off to top a sandwich with mustard

[TsPoet]

I have to post my two favorites - both from the same gas station/minimart about a year apart. Both were very nice signs.

1. No gas will be sold to anyone in glass containers.

and, at the minimart counter
2. You MUST tell the cashier if you've got gas.

I was laughing so hard as I bought my soda and tried to pay for the tank I just filled at the minimart counter that the cashier took pity on me and said,
"It's OK, I know you've got gas".
It's a little scary posting to this thread, though, I'm sure I've made a few grammatical errors that hopefully won't detract from the signs.

Edit - I didn't fill up my tank at the minimart counter, I filled it up out at the pump and was trying to pay for the gas at the counter.