[Sparklechick]

Heh heh

A guy just sent an email out about a new staff member starting ...

He then had to send another one apologising for the error made in their surname as he ran a spellcheck and just accepted all the changes without actually reading it.

It changed this person's surname from:

Loulanting

To:

Ovulating

heh heh heh

Poor woman ... lucky he picked it up!

[use-with-caution]

Originally Posted by Sparklechick

It changed this person's surname from:

Loulanting
To:
Ovulating

heh heh heh

Sounds like he was using the same spell checker as Hangman

[edshuck]

I have to share this. True....All True

There is an old national organization in the US called the Veterans of Foreign Wars. I have been a life member for a while and for two terms in office, I was the Post Commander. Kind of like being admin, but instead of people compalaining about their logo, they bitch about getting the wrong hat size.

fThe person who really makes things go is the Quartermaster. They collect dues. Make payments and keep the post straight with the National organization.

So I did this news letter each month and did a paragraph thanking the QM for all his fine work. His name was Angelo G....... When I was done, I read the letter quickly then I did a spell check. The system was Framework II. It changed every entry for Angelo's name to Angelo Gonad.

Yep. Spell check is great.

Angelo and I do not always salute spell check. But thats just us.

[Sparklechick]

I almost sent out over 1500 letters from the National Sales Manger once.

Not a spellcheck thing, but a typo thing AND it had been checked by 3 other people before I went to print.

Most of the letters had been put into their envelopes (most done by me) before I saw the error. I then had to redo them all.

I was *not* happy. It was my fault but I do blame the 3 other people (one who just so happened to be our PR Manager) as well.

[NiteFenix]

That sucks. I hate redoing something if I already finished it and it was made in bulk. It's happened to me plenty of times before so I know exactly what you must have felt like.

[kall]

Originally Posted by NiteFenix

That sucks. I hate redoing something if I already finished it and it was made in bulk. It's happened to me plenty of times before so I know exactly what you must have felt like.

The place I used to work for did scholarships for university students on a kind of pension/investment scheme.

We had a table for Projected Benefits, but it was typoed, and came out as Protected Benefits.

Instead of investing in stickers, it came down to us to change the t to a j in 1500 places each.

[Darkling]

My employer has gone one better.

I work for the local County Borough Council.

One print run of, I think it was benefit payments, was printed with "Cunty Borough Council".

These actually went out.

[NiteFenix]

OMG Darkling...it must have been either really embarrassing or extremely funny...

[Sparklechick]

Originally Posted by Darkling

My employer has gone one better.

I work for the local County Borough Council.

One print run of, I think it was benefit payments, was printed with "Cunty Borough Council".

These actually went out.

That's classic, and I thought calling my boss the National Sales Manger was funny!

[Darkling]

Originally Posted by Sparklechick

That's classic, and I thought calling my boss the National Sales Manger was funny!

Looks like some of the smilies are borking again

[Sparklechick]

Originally Posted by Darkling

Looks like some of the smilies are borking again

Yeah.

Not sure what Kall was up to last night - but a few seem to have disappeared.

[Darkling]

Originally Posted by Sparklechick

Yeah.

Not sure what Kall was up to last night - but a few seem to have disappeared.

I thought you were that smilie admin.
That makes them your domain.

This is a territorial matter now.
Stand by to repel borders.
Don your nuke proof helmet.

Square off with Kall and assert your smilie authority.

[kall]

Oi you!

Do I have to add a new Term of Use: 'Members will not attempt to incite coups.'?

:P

[Sparklechick]

Originally Posted by Darkling

I thought you were that smilie admin.
That makes them your domain.

This is a territorial matter now.
Stand by to repel borders.
Don your nuke proof helmet.

Square off with Kall and assert your smilie authority.

I am the smilie admin but my power is to choose new smilies and add them. That's all the power I would like. Often things are done when I am deep in slumber that are impossible for me to work out how to fix when I discover them broke the next day.

Thus .... dah de dah daaaaaaaaah .... in walks Kall