Very visible misspelling at El Pollo Loco Drive-Thru

"Taken back"...don't you mean taken aback? Someone needs to be "taken
back" in a time machine, and fire their English teacher...

as i drive around town i see misspellings on business signs,
aprostrophes and commas running amok and general bad grammar. I am
one of those people who cringe when i see this sort of thing. No one
seems to know even the basics anymore. When i worked at a large
corporate hotel the memos from corporate were often littered with
enough carnage of the English language to reduce an English teacher to
tears. Bless the persecuted minority who still believe grammar and
the ability to read and write effectively are the backbone of civil
society.

I'm glad the service and food were good. I think it's nice of you to
bring this to their attention..

I bet you'll always remember this with a chuckle. I went to a store
once- a famous donut store with a drive up window (Yum Yum) and their
sign said "Buy one coffee get a free Ginger nap. That's what I need to
stay awake... coffee and a nap. They did change it but I still
chuckle... in a way it works... I'll not soon forget the name of the
store!

OMG, I almost wet my pants and fell off my chair when I read this!

I'm glad you let them know, but for the sake of the store, I certainly
hope the paint was recent and not around for quite a while - otherwise
it calls into question why no one who WORKS THERE managed to notice
it!

You know what this letter reminds me of? This old Snicker commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U_EfE-mqgE&mode=related&search=

Great googily moogily.

What a light hearted way to let them know about a humorous oversight.

Thanks for the chuckle MH =)

Maybe some of you all posting don't think this is a valid complaint,
but to me it is! I've seen fast food places with stuff on their signs
misspelled, but that's kind of the norm to see a "brekfast" sandwich
or "sallads" or something advertised. But to have something PAINTED
on to the drive-thru like that (and don't get me started on "thru")?
That's horrible! I certainly wouldn't think highly of a fast food
place that had that kind of blatant error.

Maybe it's because I'm an English grad and currently a writer and
editor, and to top it off, I have OCD - but that kind of gross
misspelling really bothers me! I don't know that I'd have written a
letter though (even as a suggestion) - but you can bet I'd be talking
to a store manager about it!

My favorite misspelled sign? PNC Bank sponsored the entryway ad/sign
to a big shopping plaza in Erie, PA a few years back around high
school graduation time. I watched a young man put up the letters, and
it ended up saying: "Congradulations to the GRANVATING class of 1999"
- LOL! I first thought they were out of the letter "U" and put in the
"V" as a substitute, then forget the "D". But so many people called
PNC to complain, it was fixed a couple hours later, "U" and "D" and
all : )

Now you know the pain we all feel over some of the letters that come
through here!
LOL, I would have taken a picture of that too. I sometimes wonder how
things like that get past people.

Dyslexics of the world untie!

This is a very nice letter. You didnt say anything mean or bad and
you're bringing something to their attention! If you went inside and
talked to someone there's no guarantee they would bring it to the
proper attention but this way the people up top will see it and
something will be done!!

It's great that you told them about this! Sometimes things so
obviously are so hard to see. :)

Still another reason people should stay in school and schools should
start going back to teaching spelling.

This really is not that big a deal and I don't really think it was
worth a complaint letter.

If this is all you have to complain about, consider yourself lucky.

Honest to God, I can't believe you wrote a letter over this.

There's a chain called Popeye's Chicken. I think it was in California,
though they are all over. One day as I was driving past one, it said
"Eyepop." I stopped in and asked the lady if maybe there had been a
mistake. She just looked at me like I was nuts and said that's the way
the sign came.

Hope they do correct it. It does not make for a good boo boo.

There could be another explanation. Some dude named K.C. could have
VD and they're warning women to not, well, you know. The sign just
needs another space in it and it's good to go.

That is hilarious! Thank you for the laugh!