Casey writes about this sign, which was
…posted in the restaurant in which I work. Servers had gotten lazy and started putting ketchups where they didn’t belong, and a manager got fed up with this. So, he posted this sign. It’s a really good thing our managers aren’t English majors or rocket scientists. We’d all be screwed.
#1 by Mathman on August 31, 2009 - 6:10 pm
Can ketchup even be made into a plural? Isn't it a mass noun. You can have more than one ketchup bottle or ketchup packet, but can you have more than one ketchup?
#2 by Darla on September 4, 2009 - 4:29 am
I would have put a note next to the apostrophe that says "Do Not Put An Apostrophe Here".
#3 by dtw on September 11, 2009 - 3:15 pm
What Mathman said! Mind you, I used to work with engineers who kept writing about ‘equipments’, so maybe the language is going that way. The apostrophe still sucks though.
#4 by CaseyJones87 on September 17, 2009 - 9:33 am
Darla- We put a note next to it, and both got ripped down so fast I couldn't get a pic of them, that said "Ketchup's what?"