According to you and Mach maybe.
The rest of the world would look at it like, oops.
The rest of the world, except Britain, Australia, and most other Commonwealth nations that speak english around the world.
Despite popular opinion, the US is not "The rest of the World"
Ummm, ya. Two totally different things. If centre had a completely different meaning then center, I'd agree, somewhat. It doesn't, so I don't.
You're actually trying to compare how something taxes a system, to the minor misspelling of a word. I can't even imagine how that remotely equates as similar.[/quote]
No, I was trying to compare how the average joe on the street views something that they normally don't know all the inner workings to something, compared to professionals who's job is to ensure something is done right and should know better then the average joe because, once again, it's their job.
Machjo's observations are a perfect example of what happens when the professionals drop the ball..... a minor example, but still a perfect example none the less.
Sure, if you say so. I've paid for signage on buildings and vehicles. If the mistake of spelling center, instead of centre was made. I wouldn't give a rats ass. I certainly wouldn't be such an anal dick as to make the company fix the mistake. That way next time I buy a new vehicle and need some vinyls made up, I'll get treated really well. Not that I haven't in the past.
Of course there are the odd clients out there who don't give a rat's ass what their advertising looks like.... and for them, they usually don't realize exactly how much business they really lose over something as trivial as spelling, because they're not educated in picking up on those things...... the designer is.... or at least supposed to be.
Like it or not, there are "Anal Dicks" out there who will base their decisions on seeking your business over such things as misspellings and how your advertisements (signs, flyers, vehicle graphics, etc.) are laid out and/or designed..... and it is no different then going out there with a resume that's completely disorganized and has spelling mistakes all throughout it.
If I see a crappy resume, I'm not going to consider that person for a job..... just as if I see a business with shoddy advertisements, I'm not going to waste my money or time on them.
I'm sure you will respond that your company gets plenty of business and makes plenty of money..... yet with a few of these "Anal Dick" modifications and correcting as many mistakes as possible (no matter how minor) you might be surprised at how much more you could be getting.
Then again, you as the business owner do have the final say and can choose whatever you want for your company..... but it's the customers who choose who they spend their money on and many of those customers do base their judgments on silly things like your logo, if your commercials are annoying, if they can read your vehicle graphics easily as your vehicle drives by, etc.
Oh and if you properly checked the proof supplied prior to it being produced, in regards to the vehicle graphics mentioned in your above quote, there wouldn't be any correction needed in the first place..... which is why proofs exist in the first place..... if the company you are getting signage from doesn't supply proofs before making your signage, then that's an even better example that they're amateur as all hell.
Not really. I base my views on customer service, quality and availability.
You do..... many others do not..... and that company's "quality" should be reflected in their advertising.
To some jackass with no life maybe. To me it's a typo. Life's far to short to make that much out of it.
Life's too short to spend two damn seconds in making sure your work that you're getting paid to do is spelled properly?
If life is that too short, then why are you wasting your life posting in here? :roll:
My theory on signs and ads is that if there are spelling and grammar mistakes, the company doesn't do details well. If they don't do details well, they may not be the people I want to do business with.
Exactly the point I am trying to make, thank you.
Obviously CDNBear doesn't care about such details and doesn't give a damn about how his business is portrayed to the public and if that's the case, I wouldn't do business with his company either for the same reasons you mentioned above.
Your signage is your public face - if you and your customers really don't care if you come across as sloppy and careless, it doesn't matter if your signs have mistakes on them. But lots of people notice, and to them, it shows how much you, as a business owner, care.
Once again quite correct.
Did you know that the clothing company Lands' End is named that way because of a typo when the company was created?
Can't say I ever heard of them.
I think you're still making a bigger deal than is actually really needed here...mountain....mole hill...
As I already said before, I agree.... to the "average citizen" (But not all) yes it is just a mountain out of a molehill and isn't all that important..... Nor am I in here trying to force or suggest that everybody should give a damn about how it's spelled.
As it being a part of my job and professionally speaking, the question was asked and I figured I'd give a legit response and explanation about the subject.
....... but for my job and for the Canadian Government, it's a bigger deal then the average citizen would care to consider.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I don't care how you word yourself or spell in your private lives, but for you, CDNBear, if I was doing work for your business, while you may not really care, I would personally be doing you a disservice to you and your business if I didn't take these things into consideration.
This is what it feels like...... When Doves Cry.