i had spent a lot of time one afternoon working on a proposal for a meeting the following day with a large corporate partner. i had read and re-read the proposal, spell-checked and proofed. finally i was happy with it, i printed 4 copies and headed home from work. for some reason, later that night i thought i should read through the summary page one more time and it's a good thing i did. this is an excerpt:
...Provide complimentary printing services, pubic relations expertise and other valuable business-related support. In addition.....
if you didn't catch it, read it again.
that's right. PUBIC relations. thank god i caught it and was able to re-print before my meeting the next day. i'm sure the executives i was meeting with would have been super impressed that i was asking them for their pubic relations expertise. word to the wise - spell check only goes so far.
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Ha! Glad you caught it. Though, shouldn't it be 'complementary'?
nope! i looked it up and complimentary implies something that is free while complementary means something that balances or harmonizes with something else. whew!
Ha ha! I had to read it twice, though.
Ranks right up there with accidentally brushing your hand against some exec's crotch while doing a presentation! Wonder what Freud would have to say about this gaffs?
only you...glad you caught it!
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