13 Nov 2008

Wishing YOUR'S a successful.....

I ordered a hamper over the phone today. For the card, I told the lady who had taken my order, that I wanted a simple message with a "To...... From....." with no particular message.

I pretty much got a shock when I received the faxed invoice showing the message to be:

To: ........
Wishing your's a successful.......
With Best Wishes From:.......

I telephoned the lady and told her she couldn't say 'Wishing your's'. Could she please correct it to 'Wishing you'. (I didn't even want to get her all confused so I didn't bring up the point that I hadn't even asked her to write a message for me).

She had the audacity to question loudly, 'Why cannot?!'.
I told her it was bad English.

She insisted it was correct.
She then haughtily asked me if the hamper was going to my company or to another company.
I told her 'another company'.
She said triumphantly, 'Then correct what? Your's!'

Patricia, if you're reading this, I'm wishing YOUR'S all the best, because you're going to need all the luck you can get! (LOL)

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