Funny Thing, Grammatical Error

Crapapple!!!!!!!!!! I am laughing outloud!

When I was a teacher, we had to send anything over 20 copies to the "print shop" in our district. We had to give a monthly math assessment, and I would send that. It would come back in a pile, nicely wrapped in shrink wrap, with a big label on the front. I guess the label maker could only fit a certain number of letters, because every month, I got a package in my teacher mailbox with - SMITH MATH ASSES - written across it.

hahhaha! I think this is hilarious!
I have a favorite cranberry apple pie recipe that I fix for Thanksgiving dinner every year. One year, my then 6 yr old sister in law tried some. She later said that the crappleberry pie was her favorite- that's what we have called it ever since!
~C.

Holy Crapapple, Batman! Very funny!

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I agree with J.L. - it is a big deal and he has a right to panic. Small errors on resumes get noticed in big ways. Attention to detail is always important, no matter what the job.

I can't tell from your post whether you or your SIL made/missed the mistake, and therefore which of you he is most angry with, but ultimately your husband needs to double- and triple-check everything that goes out on his documents. Hiring a professional is definitely something he should do next time, esp. if you think an error could be funny, but it still comes down to having his name on it and no one else to blame.

Looking for a job is stressful. I hope it all works out!

This isn't that funny but an OOPS that happened to a co-worker of mine. He had gone to a headhunter looking for another job, nothing unusual as people seemed to hop around a lot in the industry and this occurred during the days of the dot com boom. Some even bounced back and forth between our company and a competitor, it was kind of funny, smart on their part as they made significantly more than those who were loyal and stayed put. Back to the oops, my co-worker got in BIG trouble because the employment agency sent his resume to our HR department, very place he was working! I felt bad for him because politically, things got very bad for him there. Fortunately jobs were much easier to find then and he was able to make an exit not long after that. That’s not to say it wasn’t tense in our department for a few days!

For all who felt the need to criticize B.'s grammar or scold her on her lack of sympathy, relax and have a good laugh once in a while! Yes it stinks that there was a typo on is resume, but there isn't anything that can be done to take it back, so you might as well laugh. Life doesn't always need to be taken so seriously. Sometimes you need to just live in the moment, enjoy life and laugh at your mistakes. For those of you who now feel the need to critique my response, I do have a successful career, but I don't feel the need to take life too seriously.

Such a great story! Honestly, while I understand the women saying this is a big deal (and to some extent it is), who's to say that he doesn't live on Crapapple Lane? I would probably look at that and wonder, "does he really live on Crapapple Lane or is that a typo?" Personally, I would be laughing just like you are right now! No funny stories from me, but I hope you get some! :)

Gosh, JL, nothing like making someone want to jump off a bridge over a mistake.

B., I would correct the resume and have your husband send it out as "revised". Yes, some people are serious sticklers for errors, but it might not even be noticed.
For all anyone knows, your street is pronounced Cropopplay.
Just fix it and re-send. It's not the end of the world.

I have a sense of humor and sometimes typos or errors actually crack me up. I have a million stories, to be honest, but I'll tell you my personal favorite.

We were getting ready to have a huge, multi-family yard sale and my young son really wanted to help. I gave him some poster-board and a sharpie so he could make some signs. We had items situated by type, but frankly I didn't care if he drew happy faces, it was just something to keep him busy and feel like he was helping.
He worked and worked on his signs and I was really impressed.
Books. 10 cents.
Toys. 25 cents.
Shoes. 50 cents.
Then, I almost died. Laughing!
There, in perfect little boy handwriting was the sign that said,
"Shits. $1.00"

He got so mad at me and my daughter for laughing. He didn't realize he left the R out of shirts. He thought it was funny too when I asked him to REALLY carefully read his sign and tell me how to spell shirts.
We played a trick and took the sign to the yard sale, acting as serious as can be and cracked everybody up. (We didn't use it for the actual sale although it was tempting).

Some things....you just have to laugh about.
Let me know if you need my son to make a sign for you.
"Shits $1.00. 34 Crapapple Lane."

Best wishes!

Hi B., sorry for those who gave you a hard time! I agree w/ the "laugh at it" approach! I'll even quote the bible here to say "whom by worrying can add even one hour to his life?" There is a more commonly known version of that quote popularized by song..."Don't worry, be happy".

Ok, now with that being said I do have a cute one. My MIL used to work for a very large church (amost 1,000 people) where she was responsible for the newsletter and church bulletins. For a food drive she created an blurb which she inserted in both places. It told the ladies to "raid their panties and bring in some goods to help the less fortunate"...should have said pantries! A lot of chuckles out of that (especially the "goods" part too if you think about it!) I think she didn't say "canned goods" because that was the title and she was just trying not to be too repetitive. Anyway, some haughty types were truly offended....guess they got their panties in a bunch! :)

lol!
Once when I worked for a large Life Ins. Co. a long, long time ago as a group policy correspondant, I came across a letter written by another correspondant, to a customer; the group policy holder was The F.S. Smith Guano Company, so she writes: Dear Mr. Guano... obviously she doesn't know what guano is!
Once, even longer ago, my dyslexic mom was changing doctors, and giving the new Dr. her medical hx. "... & once I got gonorrhea in my toe..." At which point the Dr. stopped her & said w a shocked looked, "Why, Bonnie, WHERE were you putting your toes?!?!" She had meant to say gangrene.