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<blockquote data-quote="PowerWordDumb" data-source="post: 1044347" data-attributes="member: 8614">I feel your pain, Lazybones.&nbsp; I work for a major Canadian bank, and while all the promotional material which comes from corporate is flawlessly error-checked, the individual regional managers and branches have broad leeway to run their own promotions and campaigns as they see fit, so it's not uncommon to walk into a branch and see flawless corporate banners, and directly beneath them a locally-produced banner with many of the same words as the banner above, but spelled differently, or with grammatical constructions that would make an english teacher blush.&nbsp; One might not notice (well okay, I would) if it were only the local banners, but placing them directly beside a flawless example of the language just points out in very clear detail the kind of attention to detail you can expect from the business you've just entered.&nbsp; If they can't even speak and write english, how are they going to deal with the complexities of managing your mortgage?It's one thing for people to be shaky in a foreign language.&nbsp; We all can understand that and give people the benefit of the doubt - but when exactly did it become acceptable for people to be completely incapable of forming a clear statement in their own native language?What's next, are expressive grunts and whistles going to replace language entirely, since it's just too hard for people to speak and write their own language?I make mistakes too, as is evident by a prior post.&nbsp; But at least I have the good graces to be horrified and embarrassed by my errors, and I try to avoid repeating them.&nbsp; It's common now for people to take offense at being corrected, as if it were their inherent right to be perceived as an idiot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PowerWordDumb, post: 1044347, member: 8614"] I feel your pain, Lazybones. I work for a major Canadian bank, and while all the promotional material which comes from corporate is flawlessly error-checked, the individual regional managers and branches have broad leeway to run their own promotions and campaigns as they see fit, so it's not uncommon to walk into a branch and see flawless corporate banners, and directly beneath them a locally-produced banner with many of the same words as the banner above, but spelled differently, or with grammatical constructions that would make an english teacher blush. One might not notice (well okay, I would) if it were only the local banners, but placing them directly beside a flawless example of the language just points out in very clear detail the kind of attention to detail you can expect from the business you've just entered. If they can't even speak and write english, how are they going to deal with the complexities of managing your mortgage? It's one thing for people to be shaky in a foreign language. We all can understand that and give people the benefit of the doubt - but when exactly did it become acceptable for people to be completely incapable of forming a clear statement in their own native language? What's next, are expressive grunts and whistles going to replace language entirely, since it's just too hard for people to speak and write their own language? I make mistakes too, as is evident by a prior post. But at least I have the good graces to be horrified and embarrassed by my errors, and I try to avoid repeating them. It's common now for people to take offense at being corrected, as if it were their inherent right to be perceived as an idiot. [/QUOTE]

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