Why you shouldn’t drink and write
Now Dr Mumbo is no angel when it comes to avoiding typos in copy.
But it’s just unfortunate when the typo brings a whole new, unintended meaning to what’s been written.
In this job ad for Foster’s, Dr Mumbo is guessing the drinks company is in fact not looking for a brand manager “to work for Australia’s biggest alcoholic…”.
The successful applicant can become a ‘workaholic’ – where they choose to get drunk, at work!
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Sad. Foster’s used to have in place a strict policy here: ‘alcohol brands’ never ‘alcoholic brands’. Well .. never ‘alcoholic’ anything really. Probably the usual HR ignoring PR.
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Working with fellow alcoholics seems like too much hard work, even though I will have the full support of colleagues, a free-bar up stairs in the office & plenty of cash to spend
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Pssh, beat things up out of context much?
Reading the same ad – with out of context quoting – you might also get the impression the job is for an Operations Manager as you can “manage one of Carlton & United Breweries”.
C’mon Dr Mumbo……
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Hey, they’re just telling it like it is. I hear that’s the new thing with the kids these days.
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