Shop-Owners: When your sign says that you have something for sale for .50¢, don't look at me askance when I drop a haypenny into your palm, tip my chapeau, and bid you a very fine day before leaving the premises. I will have paid the advertised price. You do realize that ".50¢" does not indicate that your item costs fifty cents, right? It indicates that it costs half a cent, thanks to the decimal point.
Do: $.50 - Here are two quarters, my friend Do: 50¢ - Please accept these five dimes, my good man Don't: $.50¢ - Say hello to the haypenny
Please make a note of it.
fresh-baked at 06:14 PMI'll accept any smart remarks you care to share!
Offered by: Jodi on June 1, 2002 5:04 PMI love the signs people put up in/around stores. Yep, most of them don't have a clue and are not detail minded. My favorites: a restaurant sign in the window "Help Wanted -- For Waitress" which left me wondering what kind of help that poor waitress needed... and "Swap Meat." No smart remarks needed, right?
Offered by: Desert Mermaid on June 1, 2002 3:12 PMAs other people say, "Just my $.02." (Or was that .02¢?)
Offered by: Jodi on May 29, 2002 12:50 PMMy, my... aren't we the little stickler for details! :)
Offered by: Tess on May 28, 2002 9:32 PM
