clevermanka | Part of my soul just died

Is that supposed to be a penguin?

I'm not sure. I'm shaken by the fact that the most popular online shoe store in the U.S. is, apparently, run by illiterate twats who are unaware of the actual meaning of the word "awe."

Bring out the Hamster Of DOOOOOOOM!!

My god, there really is one...

Oh dear sweet chocolate covered rodents. That is both wonderful and horrid at the same time.

Want.

*titter*! Perhaps alas, that is probably the funniest and cutest thing I've seen all day, in all its deathly doomzingerly glory.

Crap. That's sad and painful.

For realz, yo.

Ow. :(

I mean, I'm not over-reacting, am I? I don't feel I am. This is huge, right? Right?

No, I don't think you are. If this were a semi-literate teenager writing ("writing"?) on their own private Twitter, I'd see how it might be more tasteful to let this slide. But this is a big company! With money for proofreaders! And a public image! The only possible excuse (and not even a good one) for this is them trying to be "cutesy" to appeal to said semi-literate teenager demographic...in a fashion that totally alienates anyone who isn't a semi-literate teenager.

Also, penguins don't have noses and little mammal mouths. Wtf.

But this is a big company! With money for proofreaders! And a public image! The only possible excuse (and not even a good one) for this is them trying to be "cutesy" to appeal to said semi-literate teenager demographic...in a fashion that totally alienates anyone who isn't a semi-literate teenager.

Yes, this. I am just completely uninterested in giving them my money ever again.

I think they are trying to be cutesy; in fact, the missing article also suggests they're aiming for "Engrish."

Which is an entirely different level of "whoah."

Which is an entirely different level of "whoah."

Yes. And one that doesn't deserve my business. Brown's Shoe Fit downtown, here I come!

"pat, pat"

Hun, when I see English teachers with Masters Degrees confusing "phased" and "fazed" along with "for all intents and purposes" with "for all intensive purposes".. need I go on?
If I took it all too seriously, I may never read again.

If I took it all too seriously, I may never read again.

I'm considering it.

I like intensive purposes. Most people are kinda lazy in their purposes.

Oooh, good point! hahaha!

Maybe... maybe the sad penguin clown's describing a sequence of action. First, see the 404 error. Awe strikes, followed by a sad face.

Maybe?

Nice attempt at optimism, there, buddy.

I HATE it when people misuse "awe" like this. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE. You're not alone. WHARGARBLRAGE.

Thank you. Misery less than threes company.

A mole face with duck feet... I... OMG 'AWE'?!

I wish you could have seen Thomas do "Awe! Sad face." It was pretty funny.

Edited 2011-02-11 00:35 (UTC)

"What is this, I don't even" is my new favorite phrase.

Edit: My favorite phrase after Perhaps, alas, of course.

Edited 2011-02-11 14:27 (UTC)

Perhaps, alas I don't know where it originally comes from. It just showed up on my meme radar and (as memes do) stuck.

The origins of Perhaps, Alas (http://chernobylred.livejournal.com/693589.html), at least in these parts.

Oh, I was not clear. I know where 'perhaps, alas' came from as I read your post. :D I was referring to 'What is this, I don't even..."

Ooooh!

I think I saw What Is This I Don't Even on

ontd_science, but I'm sure it didn't originate there.

How hard is it to write Awwww?

Of course, the mood I'm in, I find the tone and content of this 404 page patronizing and depressing. I do not want to see a crying pseudo-anime clown penguin gripping its face in despair, misusing the word awe, using the "word" oopsie, or leaving the article out of the statement "I see (a) 404 error."

I will bet you a can of Chaokoh that the reason the article is missing is that the person didn't know if it would be a or an, and decided to pretend they were going for pidgin English since the orange-nosed penguin-clown is clearly Japanese.

I find the tone and content of this 404 page patronizing and depressing

Solidarity sister.

And speaking of, I hope you got my message about the Chaokoh at Checker's...

I did get your message! Thank you so much!

wow, even i know the real use of that word and i am far from being a english major (or a minor)

WOW. Perhaps alas, due to my experience as a copyeditor/proofreader, I can envision the situation that birthed this horror. The designer called the writers and said, hey, we have this adorable dialogue box. What should we put in there? And the writer, while in the middle of something entirely different, riffed something kind of half-assed over the phone, which the designer then typed all phonetical-like. And then the account rep was all, dude, we have to get this up and there's no time to proof!

Spellcheck just won't catch that shit.

Perhaps alas, indeed. And a great alas it was.

I'm trying to figure out if there's some kind of hidden irony in "awe."

Not seeing any yet.

I hear where you're coming from on this, and I agree, as someone with a B.A. in English that the error quote is tragic, but I wanted to tell you that the guy who founded Zappos is HUGE on customer service and the quality of the customer shopping experience. They have a unique corporate culture (http://about.zappos.com/our-unique-culture/zappos-core-values). If you click here (https://secure-www.zappos.com/contact), you can tell them you came across this weird mis-spelled 404 graphic while shopping on their online store, and that it negatively impacted your shopping experience, and your impression of the professional nature of the company, which may impact your desire to purchase from them going forward. I would be amazed if you do NOT get a positive response back. Seriously. If they never answer back or tell you "So what", then they really are stupid, but some companies are worth giving a chance.

When I worked in bookstore retail, management did a lot of training and one thing that stuck with me from that was the idea that "a complaint is a gift". If a customer is taking the time to tell you something could be better about your store, it's an opportunity for the retailer to take that complaint and find a way to improve the customer experience. Smart companies do.

I am going to write them this very minute.

They have a survey monkey page for the website! (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FQGXWS2)

Google fu strikes again!

In fairness, by posting "Part of my soul just died" as a subject line, you allowed me to complete five across in LiveJournal BINGO! Thanks!

\m/ >_< \m/

I mean, you've seen college students these days, right? America's best and brightest? And you expect a duck-penguin-platypus-mole mashup to be able to spell?

I know, I know. I just set my sights so high.

Edit: I almost wrote "set my sites" but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

Edited 2011-02-11 14:15 (UTC)

As commentary on your web-destinations of choice, that would have been an aww-inspiring pun.

You read past the Error in bold letters. I would not have.

It has the same spelling in the title bar and tab, too. UGH.

the internet and I see Error. I just stop reading and back out of the page in about half a second. I never stop to read about the error. :)

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