Bed, Bath & Beyond Grammar!

I didn't want anyone to think I was being mean or malicious with this, so I waited a while before scanning and posting this. Other than putting a line through the address of the specific store location that put out this horrid excuse for a flyer, this image/document has not been doctored whatsoever. In fact, the entire Bridal area was littered with signs chock full of poor or otherwise incomprehensible grammar.

See how many of the errors you can find. Then lose 2d6+5 SAN. If you get that joke, regain 1d6 SAN.

Stop crime - learn to read!

I was doing some independent research for a newsletter article for my day job when I found this:

LITERACY STATISTICS & JUVENILE COURT:

• 85% of all juveniles who interface with the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate
• More than 60% of all prison inmates are functionally illiterate.
• Penal institution records show that inmates have a 16% chance of returning to prison if they receive literacy help, as opposed to 70% who receive no help. This equates to taxpayer costs of $25,000 per year per inmate and nearly double that amount for juvenile offenders.
• Illiteracy and crime are closely related. The Department of Justice states, "The link between academic failure and delinquency, violence, and crime is welded to reading failure." Over 70% of inmates in America's prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level.

So help keep the streets clean and safe and spread the word about our shirts and totes because, clearly, Grammar Matters!