We had never eaten at your restaurant until earlier this year, but upon our first visit, we were enthralled by your hot subs, sour pickles and tasty chips. The environment is clean and pleasant, and the convenience of walking over from our job at the Carolina Coliseum is very inviting.
However, upon our last visit to your dining establishment, we were sitting in your brightly colored chairs, anticipating our sandwiches, when suddenly, our anticipation turned into utter horror.
We were reading the small promotional material on top of the napkin holder, interested in what else you had to offer us, when the terrible grammar on one side of the paper stopped us in our tracks. To be quite honest, we weren't sure if we could ever eat in your restaurant again.
Such a grammatical error is simply inexcusable. It boggles our minds that one would insert an apostrophe mistakenly. Perhaps an occasional left-out apostrophe is understandable, and certainly more excusable - because at least the poor soul who forgot it had some amount of self-restraint, such as to not insert an error when he wasn't sure. But the apostrophical travesty we saw in your restaurant will never be forgiven by the grammar deities because someone looked at the word, wondered if it needed an apostrophe, and - instead of quickly researching the topic - added one without a second thought.
Before apostrophe defenders everywhere storm your sandwich eatery, we suggest removing those horrendous materials from your tables.
Sincerely,
The Guerrilla Grammarians
1 comment:
I love this! But I must point out...it should say "not to insert." "To not insert" is a split infinitive. That aside, I wholeheartedly support your work!
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