YOU made a mistake on YOUR website. YOU’RE an idiot.

It drives me bonkers when I see simple grammar mistakes on brochures and advertising ESPECIALLY when they are made by big corporations.

Company: FIDO.
Error: using YOU instead of YOUR

“Learn more about included services with you prepaid services.”

Click here to see the mistake in action (it’s the sentence just above the fine print.)

Normally I would send an email or make a phone call…something to let them know. But I hate FIDO, they treat their customers like garbage and they deserve to look like the idiots.

Plus, I wonder how long it will take them to notice. I know my blog isn’t the most popular but if they have any mind to “social media” they should come across it (see a great example of this from the Ministry of Agriculture people in the comments of this post).

 

Joke of the Day

What has over a thousand pages and is filled with useless information?

(no…it’s not the Bible)

Give up? The answer: Gold book.

Why do they continue to produce this? Have they not heard of The Google? Or do they just get pleasure out being so wasteful?

I visited their website (so they must know about The Google) and saw that you can REQUEST a book. You know, in case you missed out on getting this wasteful, useless product.

I decided to contact them to find out more (see below):

Why do you continue to produce such a wasteful, eco-UNfriendly product? Have you not heard of Google?

I also noticed that one can make the selection to request a Gold Book. Where is the selection for “I do NOT need a Gold Book”? I do NOT need a Gold Book and I get frustrated every time I get one (esp. when it is tossed, willy nilly, on my driveway). I would appreciate some attention to this matter. You, and your advertisers, need to stop being so wasteful.

I urge you to do the same. You are more than welcome to cut and paste from this post.

UPDATE: I received an email back from Gwen Shein, the Distribution & Listings Coordinator at Gold Book.

I am very sorry to hear that you did not want a Gold Book and yet received one. We would be happy to take you off delivery if you could provide your address. I will also put forward your request to have a “Do Not Deliver a Gold Book” option on our website.

Great response time! However, I will be keeping my eye out for this added option.

 

8 things you didn’t know about me.

I was not only fortunate to get a nice compliment from Collin Douma but also to get tagged. So…here goes…

1. I’m afraid of the dark.

It’s one of those issues where when I go to bed and turn off all the house lights, I must do it in sequence where my back is always facing a wall and I’m never left in complete darkness. My husband loves to take advantage of this by hiding and scaring the daylights out of me.

I think I have already admitted too much.

2. I gave up the chance for a basketball scholarship.

Long story short is that I actually told my parents I wanted to focus on my education rather than just play sports. I still believe I made the right decision. (or i may just be telling my self that)

3. I have the greatest parents in the world.

Most people know this already because I brag about it all the time. My parents are the most supportive, most caring and most fun people I know. They have a perfectly loving relationship where they actually enjoy each other and are the best role models I can think of. (I should probably throw a mention of my brother in there…he is pretty awesome too.)

4. I can crush an empty ‘tallboy’ can between my scapulae .

I was much better at it in university (a lot of practice). I saw it on David Letterman’s Stupid Human Tricks and thought “Hey, I bet I could do that.” And I could.

5. I am insanely in love with Tool (the band).

This obsession is so deep that I don’t like to play their music when other people are in the room/car because they talk over the music. Tool is not background noise and it drives me nuts when people don’t understand this. Thankfully my husband agrees. When a Tool song comes on we both shut up and rock out. This is why I know he was meant for me ;)

6. I can name almost all of the bones in the human body.

This is because I have BA in Health Sciences. I used to be able to ramble them off as soon as you pointed to one but have gotten a bit rusty. It does come in handy when watching Jeopardy, however.

7. I recently spent 2 years as a Dealer.

A Casino dealer! Get your head out of the gutter. I dealt Craps and Texas Hold’Em at the Fallsview Casino and Resort in Niagara Falls. It was fun..but not a career. But if you want to know the elusive game of dice, ask me…I LOVE teaching people how to play. (Just ask Collin Douma).

8. I’ve been married twice…to the same man.

We had our “Big Fat Macedonian Wedding” in February 2005 and that same year, in May, we flew to the Dominican to do it all over again. We celebrate the May date as our anniversary (when we remember…which isn’t often!)

Okay, now it’s my turn to tag people. James, Todd, Rob, Paull and Krista. You’re it!!!