Ok, so what is wrong with this picture? I'll give you a hint, "Loose Weight, Feel Great!" Yes, it is official. Editing 420 has turned me into an obsessive grammar checker. This is a sign that my sister and I drove by in Naperville over Thanksgiving break. She explained that hot yoga is a group yoga class where they turn the heat way up. While reading the sign and contemplating how disgusting this form of exercise would be, I suddenly realized that the sign said "loose" instead of "lose." I assumed they did not mean that if you have "loose" (adjective) weight, then you feel great, so I told my sister to turn the car around. I explained to her how I needed a picture for my editing class. I couldn't believe a sign about physical fitness would get such a common statement wrong. Plus, my sister said that the sign had been there for a while.So, like a crazy person, I jumped out of my car, grabbed my camera, squatted by the sign and took a picture. Luckily, I had my camera on me that weekend. The street was very busy, and I'm sure people were thinking, "Man, she is excited about hot yoga." Anyways, I was left wondering who writes these signs? Did the hot yoga place just leave the editing up to the company who printed the sign? Did anyone read this over? Either way, I think a mistake like this is ridiculous, and I am very tempted to call the number.
The moral of the story is that this class has made me much more conscious of the words printed around me. Now, because of this new obsession, I am finding myself squatting next to a hot yoga sign by the side of the road and taking pictures. That's normal...not.
