Consumerist: Spelling

CompUSA Sign Maker: Funny Or Just Dumb?

Chris Walters — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:31:03 EST

Tyson from New Hampshire writes,

On my way to pick up a replacement hard drive I swung into CompUSA first to see if I could get a lucky deal (that wasn't marked up right before going on sale) from their going out of business sale...

The place was fairly well cleaned out, and there were no hard drives to speak of, so I looked around to see if there were any targets of opportunity. On my way through the software aisle, I saw the sign attached above. You think maybe they should keep some of that software for themselves

Our favorite touch is the "Hooked on Phonics" directly beneath it. Adds Tyson, "If they can't spell 'educational', I'm not feeling confident they have the math skills to get my 25% off right."

(Thanks to Tyson!)

"Hoh Hoh" Says Wal-Mart

Chris Walters — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:34:45 EST

The War on Christmas has taken a sneaky left turn, with Coke and Wal-Mart mounting an entirely unanticipated attack on one of the world's most beloved phrases! A reader, Josh, was shopping and/or protesting in his local Wal-Mart recently when he saw this in-store display for soda.

Okay, seriously: is there some sort of Adbusters-financed shadow organization that's sneaking intentionally bad sign makers into our discount superstore workforce? Or do we need to start searching for an emoticon that represents "Idiocracy"? Huh huh?

(Thanks to Josh!)

This Walmart Sign Also Shows Excellent Attention To Detail

Carey — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:19:50 EDT

[Columbus, Ohio. July 2007]

The first is a mistake. The second is a flickr competition. If you stumble upon a misspelled Walmart sign, take a picture and submit it to our Flickr pool. Tag it "Walmart is smrt."