No f-in shifts

This appeared in the Torrington, Connecticut newspaper, the Register Citizen.

What happens when staff numbers in newsrooms are reduced so far that there's no one left to check stuff?

Shift happens.

Spicy savings

Sent in by Dennis A who came across Laura Gilchrist's Bargain Buster which she found at the Wimbledon branch of Currys earlier this year.

That's a staggering two hundredths of a one per cent reduction.

A real bargain.

And a great example of a shop failing miserably to Curry favour with its customers.

The real McCoy

Thanks very much to Angie J who sent in these photos.

You'd think that McCoy's, with a brand name that contains one, would be the pros when it came to the correct use of apostrophes.

Not so.

In fact, the apostrophe abuse is widespread on the website.

Check the FAQ's for yourself.

Same 'ole, same 'ole

Ah, Tesco, we meet again.

I see you're still up to your usual tricks playing mind games with unsuspecting customers.

Why can't you just pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap like you did in the early days? At least you were more honest then. Still the same crap shop, yes. But more honest nonetheless.

Anyway, thanks to Jon C for spotting this one.

It gives me the opportunity to repeat one of his brilliant comments on a previous Tesco post:

Very little helps.

UN in a state

Over 1.13 million followers looked on in horror as the official United Nations Twitter account published this tweet the other day.

Writer and editor Yair Rosenberg was among the first to point out the error. He remarked, 'Seriously, this may be the biggest typo in the history of international relations.'

But it was 36 minutes before a correction appeared.

By which time some damage had undoubtedly been done.

The person who writes the UN's tweets, Information Officer Nancy Groves, apologised and described it as 'a terrible typo'.

Anyone still claiming that typos aren't important?

Thought not.