Who is responsible for error-filled signs on installations?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:38:33 -0400

I think we have all seen a couple of grammatically incorrect signs, posters, banners and some other published materials on military installations and some military websites. Who is responsible for these because in many cases they are left uncorrected for years. It looks as if nobody pays attention to the written word anymore. Who do we complain to?

Response by SSgt Gregory Guina made Aug 26 at 2014 9:42 PM

SSgt Gregory Guina — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:42:09 -0400

In that case I would start with the Fort Riley Department of Public Health.

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 27 at 2014 2:37 AM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 02:37:29 -0400

It drives me nuts. And quite frankly, it's a result of stupid or uneducated people being checked by stupid or uneducated people (or maybe even worse, leaders not checking behind their subordinates). And people are probably gasping "how could you call all these people in the DoD stupid", but yes, I said it. Spell check is a pretty simple thing to use. So are little red and green/blue squiggly lines.

In the above example, MS Word and Powerpoint both caught the grammatical error for me when I tested it out by sticking a blue squiggly line under it. Common sense and education also caught the error, however.

MS Office costs $10 through HUP and if you don't have money or access to it but you have internet access, Openoffice.org offers a full sweet (see what I did there?) of office products that operate almost identically to MS Office itself.

So people are either stupid because...well, they are....or because they refuse to use a simple tool readily available to them...or because they failed to check their subordinates' work. Or maybe more than one of the aforementioned reasons.

Take your pick.

Here's an awesome example from mandatory Army training:

It is okay to drive faster than others above the speed limit as long as you are have excellent eye-hand coordination and you are driving on the left-most lane.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Aug 27 at 2014 4:01 AM

SFC Mark Merino — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:01:48 -0400

DOIM?

Response by MSG Wade Huffman made Aug 27 at 2014 5:04 AM

MSG Wade Huffman — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 05:04:55 -0400

Leaves me wondering if tobacco use also has a negative effect on spelling and grammar?

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 27 at 2014 12:37 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:37:32 -0400

More important question and the one we should all be concerned with....

Who is responsible for the education of our people?

That is one area where we are failing as a nation in my opinion. That is where all this stuff stems from. The sign posted above is not nearly as bad as some of the stuff we have all seen. The "no child left behind" mentality is going to be a tough one to deal with, and many of us will likely not live long enough to see the effects of it fully repaired.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 21 at 2015 7:05 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:05:05 -0400

Your sure youre spelling is correct two, write?

;-)