On tv: Addicted (Another intervention type show - wondering if my slight obsession with reality tv could be considered an addiction. Maybe I need an intervention?)
The hubs took me out to dinner tonight because, well, I was having a bad day and
However, when we sat down at the table and I glanced at the "special" steak menu, I felt my eye start to twitch. The special menu listed the different types of steaks one might order along with the note that each meal came complete with a salad, a dessert and my choice of POTATOE.
Really? You run a restaurant and you don't know how to spell "potato"? *sigh* I tried to ignore it. I tried to convince myself it didn't matter if the word was spelled wrong but really, it does matter. I couldn't sit there and eat at a table where the little standing menu proclaimed that I could have a potatoe.
So, I did what any self respecting writer would do. I pulled my favorite pen out of my purse, removed the paper insert and scribbled out the "e" at the end of the word. Finally all was right in my world and I could enjoy my dinner.
Tomorrow, I'm totally fixing the sign outside the local market advertising the fact that they "except" debit cards.
I seriously suspect my hubs has the local insane asylum on speed dial.
LOL. I have been known to edit misused apostrophes on signage, too. Just trying to do my part to keep the community from confusion, right?
ReplyDeleteHa! I'll except cash, thanks! I think you've got a future in copy editing, Rhonda!
ReplyDelete@ Laurel: I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels the need to make those corrections. :)
ReplyDelete@L&L: LOL! :) I really do feel the need to edit. A lot. And, honestly, it's a bit tricky to get my inner editor to just shut up already and let me write!