Please Turn Off Your “BRAIN”
Posted on | December 1, 2007 at 1:43 pm | 6 Comments
Pet Peeve of the Day: This has got to be the most inappropriate, out-of-control use of quotation marks I’ve ever seen. Spotted today while “STANDING” in “LINE” at the Kaiser Permanente pharmacy:
The words in ALL CAPITALS make it that much better, don’t they? Some signmaker went a little crazy and needs to face the wrath of Finger-Quotin’ Margo! I wonder how the disabled people in line feel about being referred to as “Handicapped”? I also like the use of asterisks as an alternate means of emphasis, like someone was typing a *text format* e-mail.
Jogged Today: Yes (@ 26°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “I Never Thought I’d Live To Be A Million” (Moody Blues)
- “(Bubblegum Crisis 2040 Opening) Y’know” (Akira Sudou)
- “Smile” (Tribe)
- “I Get Hurt” (Big Country)
- “Sound Makes A Circle” (Audible)
- “Out Of The Blue” (Ash)
Today’s Weight: 161.8 lbs (how’d that happen?)
Lunch Yesterday: A BMT sandwich at Subway.
Latre.
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6 Responses to “Please Turn Off Your “BRAIN””
December 1st, 2007 @ 8:39 pm
That postmodern layout is something, too – it’s like the visual equivalent of Mark E. Smith lyrics.
December 2nd, 2007 @ 10:17 am
w*W “tHAT” iS lIK3 *OMG* sO “gR34T”!!!!
I weep for the intellectual state of the country.
December 2nd, 2007 @ 10:17 am
But without emoticons I can’t tell whether I should read that sign as
or >:-/
December 2nd, 2007 @ 4:03 pm
DO *NOT* TAKE “PICTURES” of the SIGN!!!!
It reminds me of a parking lot rules notice we got when entering an upscale west-LA apartment complex – it was so funny we saved it, though I’m not sure where at the moment, which is a shame because my memory won’t do it justice. Basically, though, every other line was “We will tow your car”… the phrase appears like 15 times on the page.
December 3rd, 2007 @ 8:26 pm
If Kaiser Pharmacy wasn’t laid out so poorly, they wouldn’t even need a sign. It is not unusual for it to take me more than one hour to pick up a refill for my Dad that has already been phoned in. Every time I have to deal with there pharmacy I marvel at their inefficiancy — maybe it is because they are busy adding quotes to their sign.
December 3rd, 2007 @ 9:21 pm
Don’t get me started on the Kaiser Pharmacies…