That red paint sign at the hardware store made me rethink my grammar rage

I was at a Menards in Des Moines last Tuesday and saw a sign that said "8FT. FENCING PANNELS" with two N's. Normally I would've snapped a photo and laughed with you guys. But an old guy next to me saw me staring and said, "You know, I've built three fences with those things, and I never once needed the sign to spell right." That hit different because he was right. We obsess over typos here like they're crimes, but the real crime is when a sign is so confusing you can't figure out what it means or where to go. A misspelled word on a price tag doesn't hurt anyone. A sign with arrows pointing two ways and no product names, that's the stuff that wastes my time. So I'm starting to think our community should separate actual confusing signs from just bad spelling. Has anyone else had a moment where you realized you were more mad about the spelling than the actual usability?

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ivanb412mo ago

Honestly I get your point but I can't fully agree. Bad spelling on a sign is like a giant neon flag that the business doesn't care about the little stuff, and if they don't care about the little stuff, I start wondering what else they're sloppy about. I mean, I've seen "pannells" on a price tag for lumber, and it did make me double check the measurements.

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