The price is wrong!

As a result the media scaremongering is often seen to have a political bias of one hue or another, an alternate agenda. The bulk of us are not that stupid that we take every random statistic or headline to be fact. Naturally what appears in the papers also makes its way onto TV with notably provocative programme titles like 'your fat kid is a big thicky' (© Paul Flower enterprises).

As amused voyeurs we may appreciate these programmes for what they are, a biased slice of someone else's life. If we want real examples of real-life illiteracy or innumeracy all we have to do is visit the supermarket.

The photos contained within this blog are not intended to ridicule any individual; they were taken over the last few months and the fact that they include items displayed publicly in supermarkets demonstrates failure often at the highest level.

The first example was on display in Tesco at Cannon Park, Coventry during their refurbishment work. It was clearly typed and printed by someone in the store but, given that it was on public display for all members of staff to see, you have to ask why no-one corrected it.

Other examples are more worrying, since they were probably distributed from regional or national level. This pricing at Sainsbury's in Cov applied to a range of beers some of which would've been higher priced, but it doesn't really seem like the greatest of offers.

This one, back in Tesco, is far funnier in my opinion. It is both a waste of paper and of someone's time in displaying it. What a bargain, eh?

Then we have labelling on a national scale - as part of the packaging. I cannot claim that my own punctuation is perfect - I went to a crap secondary school and have since learnt more from Microsoft Word than I ever did in English lessons. This example of grammar though, courtesy of Wilkinson's Spear & Jackson gloves, is a beauty.

I suspect that there exists a website dedicated to such mistakes, if I find it I will post the link.