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Following on from yesterday's administrative disaster at that hospital I'll follow up with another area of officialdom. It's centreing (thank you spell check, I'm English) around a document that Mrs J and I were trying to decipher at the weekend. Mrs J was wondering whether to use the 'Park and Ride' in the nearby big town.
It was decidedly unclear to us whether she would have to pay £2.50 for a day return, or £4.00 for an all day ticket. In the end she took her car into town and switched car parks during the day- the very thing that the Park and Ride scheme is looking to avoid happen!
Anyway, that's the kind of example of unclear information that is today's peeve.
That would be anything remotely resembling point of origin labeling on many U.S. food items. Good peeve Jezer. My eyesight is getting worse and fine print that was once difficult to read is now impossible. I don't carry a magnifying glass around with me. One of these days people are gonna finally let our politicians know about it. I hope!
That would be anything remotely resembling point of origin labeling on many U.S. food items. Good peeve Jezer. My eyesight is getting worse and fine print that was once difficult to read is now impossible. I don't carry a magnifying glass around with me. One of these days people are gonna finally let our politicians know about it. I hope!
Good one!
I used to find it very difficult to read the small print on labels.
Varifocal lenses have helped a lot, but why is the print so small in the first place?
Good morning peevers.
Following on from yesterday's administrative disaster at that hospital I'll follow up with another area of officialdom. It's centreing (thank you spell check, I'm English) around a document that Mrs J and I were trying to decipher at the weekend. Mrs J was wondering whether to use the 'Park and Ride' in the nearby big town.It was decidedly unclear to us whether she would have to pay £2.50 for a day return, or £4.00 for an all day ticket. In the end she took her car into town and switched car parks during the day- the very thing that the Park and Ride scheme is looking to avoid happen!
Anyway, that's the kind of example of unclear information that is today's peeve.
The POTD is Information that is as clear as mud.
Morning Jezer: Greetings to you and Mrs. J from across the pond here in Connecticut. In the 90 degree range again today with 94 percent humidity..just awful. I get what you are saying about information that is "as clear as mud". Couple of weeks ago, we bought this game to play down by our pool. It is called "Bean Bag Toss". It is a really popular game here in the states and goes by several different names. Anyhow, the jist of the game is that you stand back a ways and toss the bean bags into holes cut into either a board or in this case a canvas cloth that is strapped over theses bars. Fun, and challenging, so many points for each hole, very similar to horseshoes if you have ever played that. Well, the directions come in English, German and I believe Spanish and they were as clear as MUD. What should have taken 20 minutes to put together turned out to be a total fiasco that lasted at least an hour. One side of this "contraption" kept looking shorter than the other and after totally going against what the directions called for and using common sense, we got this game put together. This happens alot with things purchased here..directions in several languages and often times incorrect. Christmas can be a nightmare when it comes to putting toys together the night before..so glad my son is grown! LOL
Over the weekend I was trying to make heads or tails out of some instructions and finally looked on the box to see where it was made nothing quite like trying to decipher instructions that were translated from Chinese into English
Sounds like Chinese instructions for assembling xmas gift toys for the kids. Also have you ever tried to read instructions for use of other items that are written in five different languages?
Quote:
Place bracket “A” into hole “B” and connect screw #2 to nut #7 while holding in your left hand and turning counter clockwise with one foot in the air. Then assemble lever arm “D” with cotter pin connecting both items to bracket “A”.
My friend gave me this benign looking vampire game to play with the shorties. They lost me on the instructions for side one. Side two is advanced. It's going in the filing cabinet with the great big circle.
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In the end she took her car into town and switched car parks during the day- the very thing that the Park and Ride scheme is looking to avoid happen!
nothing quite like trying to decipher instructions that were translated from Chinese into English
