Miranda writes:
Attached are some delightful examples from a new Wal Mart store in Grand Junction, Colorado. My favorite part is that the use of apostrophes apparently only applies to electronic items… “Sheets” and “Comforters” right across the isle were correct. Whatever.
#1 by Anonymous on February 17, 2010 - 10:23 pm
Was it an isle or an aisle?
(P.S. Wal*Mart is now Walmart.)
#2 by dtw42 on March 2, 2010 - 4:54 pm
Thank goodness they're only selling the one blank CD/DVD…
#3 by Mike on March 15, 2010 - 6:06 pm
Whow! How could a supposedly professional sign maker make such dumb mistakes? Plus, doesn't Walmart* (F.K.A. Wal*Mart) use a uniform sign making process across the nation (or even the world)? So why wouldn't the signs be the same everywhere?
They didn't just make the apostrophe mistake, either. They errantly set up a redundancy/exclusion type of situation by listing "laptops and computers" as separate things, as if "laptops aren't computers."
Someone has got to contact them about these needed corrections IMMEDIATELY!
#4 by Anonymous on March 25, 2010 - 5:28 pm
It's an aisle that sells stuff that will soon belong to your laptop, hence the sign "laptop's". duh!
#5 by Anonymous on March 29, 2010 - 10:54 pm
They have isles in Walmart?
I didn't even know they had any bodies of water! Don't you need a body of water in which to place an isle?
#6 by Anonymous on August 18, 2010 - 6:47 am
I have to get a pic, but there's an aisle sign at a Rite Aid in Bellevue, WA that says 'Deoderant'. Seriously? No one caught this?
#7 by Mike on August 18, 2010 - 7:20 am
Yeah, SERIOUSLY? Why are they hiring signmakers without first checking their spelling and punctuation abilities?
#8 by Bail Bondsman on April 5, 2011 - 9:19 pm
Seriously, at Wal Mart too. Glad I’m not the only one messing up my apostrophes.