There are two things that when I see or hear I just shake my head. I don't even try to figure out why they bug me. They don't bug me to the point of me losing sleep or anything, they just bug me. They might seem a bit trite but I wish I didn't have to see or hear them.
Firstly, do people not really know which side of the 'N' goes first? I see these backward 'N's all over the place. Mostly I think some wiseguy put it up that way to bug those of us who notice, or people just arent' paying attention when they put those letters up, but then there is the restaurant I pass going to work that had a sign made that way. I have not yet stopped at one of these places or called to see if I am the only one who noticed. Like I said it doesn't bother me for very long, but I have to wonder if the business owner really wants the 'N' backwards on his sign.
Secondly, is it just me or is everyone on TV and the radio saying the date in an obnoxious way? I was not born in the year one thousand nine hundred sixty and nine, Columbus didn't sail the ocean blue in one thousand four hundred ninety and tw0, but this is the year two thousand and seven and the Buckeyes had an unbelievable two thousand and six regular season. I don't know if this bothers anyone else but I was always taught that you only say and when you are using decimals and it refers to what comes after the decimal i.e., I have $4.25 (four dollars and twenty-five cents.)
These are just two observations that I have had lately. Are there any other things that bug anyone else, nuisances of daily life? I am not looking for things that would cause you to seek professional counseling, just goofy things we see everyday. Do I need counseling about these two observations? I know I might need it for some other things but what about these?
I am thankful I know how to make a capital 'N' the right way and that I don't say and when I say the year.
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I would like to say that you have totally lost it...but the truth is..I feel your pain. Here's my top five.
1. Those same sign people who put the 8 upside down so the fat O is on top of the little o. Same thing with upside down S's.
2. People who go to WalmartS...there is no S.
3. The 5000 menu options on a menu at an authentic Mexican restaurant and they give you 30 seconds to decide...and no matter what you order it all pretty much looks and tastes the same anyway.
4. When you see typographical errors in professional publications.
People that can't get the "Z" or the "S" right either.
And the people who are too lazy to go out and pick up the letters off the ground that blew off the night before. So for a month you see signs that say 50 % off c_r_stm_s s_le. Burns me up. I'll think of some more. Let me drive around Searcy for a day or two, I'll find something for you.
I got one more. You work in a cell phone store and some old lady brings her old cordless home phone in and says she needs a new cell phone. That's happened twice. HERE'S YOUR SIGN!!!!!!!!!!
John,
That is what the old ladies say at the nursing home when I enter their room, dance a little and start singing loud and off-key. Or when I trip on purpose and fall on the floor in front of all of them while they complete therapy. One lady asks me everyday, "Who let you out?"
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