Friday, April 23, 2004
Mistakes. If you've realised. There were 2 major mistakes in TODAY for the past few days. The first one created such a big impact on our readers. If you're an ardent TODAY reader, you would have seen the letter from Mr. Alison Lester about "renumeration" & "remuneration" as well as eva-NE-sence. Some other readers wrote in as well but I think Yvonne (the letters editor) didn't pick them up. What's best is Yvonne's reply:
"The +Plus editor apologises for the misspelling of remuneration. He wanted to blame an ang moh sub-editor who works with the newspaper, but thought the better of it. He has also been slapped on the wrist and will be in the stocks somewhere near Bedok market - in case you want to pursue the matter further."
*imagines feats editor hanging up beside a piece of pork in the wet market* ROFLOL! =x Oops. Sorry!
Next next. The numeric mistake. A story was written on the Senior Engineer who was found yesterday. It was stated in the paper that "more than 50 relatives" were with them at the mortuary when they went to identify the body. 50. When in actual fact it's 5-6 relatives. I almost choke on my tea when I read the sentence when they pointed out the mistake. It was my colleague that made the mistake. She took down the wrong info. Or rather, she typed too fast. I was wondering why didn't Nak Nak (my favourite editor. Hwee Nak. Don't you think Nak Nak sounds cute? LOL!) spot the mistake. She was skeptical at first but thought it was kinda logical too. Anyway, to err is human. So, forgive & forget lah! We are always striving to bring the best. We are afterall "the second largest circulating paper in Singapore." (Anwar's favourite quote) Hahahahaha!
Lastly, read what Doreen sent to me.
A big corporation recently hired several cannibals. "You are all part of our team now", said the HR rep during the welcoming briefing. "You get all the usual benefits and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat, but please don't eat any of the other employees".
The cannibals promised they would not. Four weeks later their boss remarked, "You're all working very hard, and I'm quite satisfied with you. However, one of our secretaries has disappeared. Do any of you know what happened to her?" The cannibals all shook their heads and said "no".
After the boss had left, the leader of the cannibals said to the others, "Which one of you idiots ate the secretary?" A hand was raised hesitantly, to which the leader of the cannibals continued, "You fool!!!For four weeks we've been eating Managers and no one noticed anything, but NOOoooo, you had to go and eat someone important."
Happy Secretary Day! (even though you are not one) =P
// she's beautifully chaotic at 11:36 PM >> 