Spot the deliberate mistake

[Stan_Lite]

Spotted this on the way home from my biannual offshore medical this afternoon and luckily, I had my camera on the passenger seat when we stopped at the lights.

Who is more to blame here - the contractor or the printer?

http://fohs3q.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pkHMstMJjFbYq-tWT6tqmvLLJ_-CNbcPykauxrlIFslIcNL6Xe6z3IByToWsEk6wctp0u81vul88C ng-x1_JthI8xIKkfLKLE/CRW_3784.jpg

[BBx]

The contractor. (the contractor's Marketing Dept! ;))

It is the printer's job to print - not proof read they would have sent a proof to the contractor to proof - I usually have to sign it off.

Happened many times, our printer wouldn't point it out even if it was that obvious - stupid huh? :/

BB x

[Stan_Lite]

I couldn't not point it out if I was the printer - but then, I'm from the old fashioned school of thinking where loyalty to your client includes being helpful and not letting them make fools of themselves.

[BBx]

Yeah I know. My printer is an @rse though.

I would be the same Stan... am constantly reminding my Manager about her their/there/they're's 3 different emails she's sent out this month with the wrong usage :/

Worryingly though... the above sticker could have gone through about 3 people before seeing the printer :/ (originator - HR?) (Editorial - Marketing) (Designer) (Printer) - maybe not for this case, but certainly in my line of work!

BB x

[Stan_Lite]

It's scary to think that at least two and possibly three or four people have seen and approved this design before the sticker was produced.

[Belmit]

I might go and take a picture of the waste bin outside our security office. Another classic, but I won't spoil it for you...

[Stan_Lite]

I might go and take a picture of the waste bin outside our security office. Another classic, but I won't spoil it for you...

Go for it. The more the merrier.

[Pheebs]

Oh God that's cringe worthy!!!!

[Dee]

Dumbasses ;D

You've got their number, you going to call them and laugh? :D

[Jonny69]

That sticker isn't on straight. Some people simply can't do anything right.

Who's going to text them about the spelling mistake then? ;D

[Nutcase]

I company we do work with has a royal warrant. And they put it on both sides of every van, trailer etc.

Just a shame every one has "baring" instead of "bearing". A spell checker wouldn't have helped, but a decent proof reader would as it definitely should be bearing...

[Belmit]

Damn, looks like the bins have been changed for new ones. The old ones were for the disposal of documents of a sensitive nature and proudly stated

"CONFIDENTAIL WASTE"

on the side.

[Jonny69]

I used to like the signs under the sports centre at Crystal Palace

NO PARKING UNDER STAND

:D

[kaiowas]

Bloke who sits opposite me at work has an orange Capri-Sun most days. Noticed last week that it's got some random 'factoid' the the back of it saying something about how an orange will normally float but will sink if you peal [sic] it. Makes me cringe every day. Good knows how many people will have failed to spot that before they printed however many thousand of those packets.

[Piggymon]

When you're sending god knows how many proofs to clients on a daily basis, it's impossible to pick up on errors.

Clients generally pick up on errors as they are putting their logo under a microscope whereas to the printer etc it's just another logo.

I love the clients who sign off a proof when the job is wrong and then try to blame it all on you .. even though they signed it off :/

[BBx]

I love the clients who sign off a proof when the job is wrong and then try to blame it all on you .. even though they signed it off :/

I would never dare do that!

I get it proofed at least 3 times by different people in the office before I sign.

That way I have plenty of other people to blame! :D

BB x

[Piggymon]

I like it ! ;)

[Justsomebloke]

Ring them up & Abuse them for poor Grammar/spelling :evil:

In our manor we have the Beaver bus, On the back it says in Huge letters
" RIDE THE BEAVER " ;D;D;D Tickles me every time I see it, I'll grab a pick next time.

[Justsomebloke]

Google is my friend, You can just make it out :D

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/525/beaverbus.jpg (http://img503.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beaverbus.jpg)

[Desmo]

Always blame the printer ;)

It's impossible to pick up on every mistake, no matter how obvious they are, some will slip through the net. The printer has lots of jobs to check, each customer just has one. They sign the proof, it's their problem :p

[Piggymon]

Google is my friend, You can just make it out :D

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/525/beaverbus.jpg (http://img503.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beaverbus.jpg)

;D

[Blighter]

In all honesty the one on the van looks like a VistaPrint.co.uk jobbie (i.e. on person designs + sends it off to be printed) and it's batched produced so the printer wouldn't really check it thoroughly :)

[BBx]

Spotted in a toilet of a London office:
TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW.

In a London Laundromat:
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES:
PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT

Outside a London second-hand shop:
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC.
WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

Spotted in a safari park:
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR

Seen during a London conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN’T KNOW IT,
THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR

Notice in a field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE,
BUT THE BULL CHARGES

On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING
(PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR,
THE BELL DOESN’T WORK)

People in other countries sometimes go out of their way to communicate with their English-speaking tourists. Here is a list of signs seen around the world :

At a Budapest zoo:
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD,
GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY.

Doctors clinic, Rome :
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

Hotel, Acapulco :
THE MANAGER HAS PERSONALLY
PASSED ALL THE WATER
SERVED HERE.

In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR
WAITRESSES RUDE SHOULD WAIT
AND SEE THE MANAGER.

In a City restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK,
AND WEEKENDS TOO.

In a Calcutta Coffee House:
PEOPLE DISCARDING CIGARETTE
STUBS IN CUPS WILL BE SERVED
COFFEE IN ASH TRAYS

BB x

[Matblack]

Notice in a field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE,
BUT THE BULL CHARGES

On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING
(PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR,
THE BELL DOESN’T WORK)

People in other countries sometimes go out of their way to communicate with their English-speaking tourists. Here is a list of signs seen around the world :

In a Calcutta Coffee House:
PEOPLE DISCARDING CIGARETTE
STUBS IN CUPS WILL BE SERVED
COFFEE IN ASH TRAYS

BB x


My money says those 3 are deliberate and not mistakes at all.

MB

[Burble]

I have a picture of a sign somewhere in deepest darkest Tennessee that says: "SLOW CHILDREN CROSSING!"

Punctuation is overrated it seems.

[Justsomebloke]

At work in the Bogs we have a sign saying "Don't put chewing gum in the Urinals, Thank You"
nowt funny about that but every time I use the loo I turn it upside down or put it in a different place, Every time I come back in it is round the right way & back in it's place. ;D
This Dude that started a few weeks ago that knows me through a Doris I was with (He was the little brothers best mate) Anyway he comes up to me & says' That's You moving that sign ain't it. :D + ;D

It's the Little things. :)

[Pheebs]

Proper laughed at your post Mei ;D

And massive giggles from me too Malc :D I like your style :D


I always get the giggles when I see the signs "WARNING, HEAVY PLANT CROSSING" ;D Always expect this jumbo sized sunflower to come stomping out the side of the road roaring away! ;D

[Justsomebloke]

"WARNING, HEAVY PLANT CROSSING" ;D Always expect this jumbo sized sunflower to come stomping out the side of the road roaring away! ;D

;D Same but I see a Big bunch of Daffodils :huh: + ;D

Another that gets me is "MEN AT WORK" Since when has putting an Umbrella up been work :huh:

[Briggykins]

I always look forward to 'Hidden Dips' and scan the horizon to see if I can spot them. Then it's always a barely noticeable hump in the road. Disappointment.
Also 'Falling Rocks'. Like Jimmy Carr said, what are you supposed to do with that information?

[Justsomebloke]

Another one is on the A14 dual carriageway on the way back from my daughters, Speed limit is 70mph & there is a sign "Pedestrians crossing" :shocked:
WELL THEY SHOULDN'T BE DAMN WELL CROSSING SHOULD THEY ;D;D;D

[Admiral Huddy]

Waits for Tyson to ask what the problem is :p

[Belmit]

My favourite is 'THIS DOOR IS ALARMED'. ;D

[Desmo]

Another one is on the A14 dual carriageway on the way back from my daughters, Speed limit is 70mph & there is a sign "Pedestrians crossing" :shocked:
WELL THEY SHOULDN'T BE DAMN WELL CROSSING SHOULD THEY ;D;D;D
That always makes me laugh :D I'm waiting for someone to just splat across my screen.

[Lopez]

The one I like is "Heavy Plant Crossing" - always makes me think of a massive Geranium heaving itself across the motorway

Due to the spacing, our Morrison's has chip n pin readers that say "THANK YOU PLEASE" which I love.

The massive banner across the F1 circuit in Shanghai (I think it's that one anyway) says "Welocme to Shanghai Circuit" or something similar.

[Stan_Lite]

The one I like is "Heavy Plant Crossing" - always makes me think of a massive Geranium heaving itself across the motorway


Noob :p


I always get the giggles when I see the signs "WARNING, HEAVY PLANT CROSSING" ;D Always expect this jumbo sized sunflower to come stomping out the side of the road roaring away! ;D

;D Same but I see a Big bunch of Daffodils :huh: + ;D




I always picture a Triffid :D

[kaiowas]

Giant venus flytrap like in "little shop of horrors" for me.

[Feek]

I don't think I've ever thought about the actual plant, I picture a huge plant pot hopping over the road.