Spell-check run amok changes names in Pa. yearbook -- Schools, ...

Um..."it happens all the time?" Don't think so... That is such a lame excuse from the owner of the company. He should be apologizing profusely, and if I were any school district paying that company to print yearbooks, I would start shopping around. What a jerk.

Great Grampa wrote:

Um..."it happens all the time?" Don't think so... That is such a lame excuse from the owner of the company. He should be apologizing profusely, and if I were any school district paying that company to print yearbooks, I would start shopping around. What a jerk.

Agreed. Any 15 year old knows not to rely solely on spell check. This guy is not taking his customers seriously at all. He must have thrown the yearbook together at the last minute.

You know what else happens all the time? The company reprints the entire book if it was their error.

This guy should be giving free corrected copies of the year book not cheap stickers to place over the mistake.

My guess is that instead of cutting into his profits by hiring humans to proofread, he relied on a lousy computer program to spellcheck. He should be made to reprint the yearbooks; not just issue stickers.

Stickers to cover up the mistakes? What a cheap and ugly solution. The publisher should take pride in their product and offer replacements for stupid mistakes like these. At least replace the books for the students who had their names mispelled and offer the stickers to the rest of the student body.

The excuses here are unacceptable. Either proofread it yourself, allow the school to proofread or like one of the other commenters said, republish it at your expense.

"Stickers'... how silly a solution.

Cheap wrote:

Stickers to cover up the mistakes? What a cheap and ugly solution. The publisher should take pride in their product and offer replacements for stupid mistakes like these. At least replace the books for the students who had their names mispelled and offer the stickers to the rest of the student body.

I think each and every book should be replaced.

Was the MCALL the publisher of hte yearbooks? This entire thing sounds as stupid as I would expect from the materminds at the MCALL.

Joe Somebody wrote:

This guy should be giving free corrected copies of the year book not cheap stickers to place over the mistake.

I agree. Plus, why would you use spell-check for names? That's a little ridiculous...

ABE-5980 wrote:

You know what else happens all the time? The company reprints the entire book if it was their error.

I agree! Give them a sticker...come on!

Does anyone even look at their yearbook a year after high school? I don't even know where mine is.

that is great!

I think you're all missing the point that "MAX SUPERNOVA" may be the coolest name in the history of that school.

Yup wrote:

Was the MCALL the publisher of hte yearbooks? This entire thing sounds as stupid as I would expect from the materminds at the MCALL.

What is a "materminds"? Also, what do you mean by "hte yearbooks"? By chance, do you print yearbooks?

NEVER - EVER use or rely on SpellCheck for family (proper) names -- too many variations. The publisher should make good on the yearbooks by replacing them - not providing stickers.

I don't refer to my yearbook anymore, but schools and the local library archives them and are useful for geneology research -(for those into that stuff) so it should be correctly right - not sticker-corrected because they fall off after time.........

Been there - done that - got the T-shirt!

Some of these comments are so idiotic I wouldn't be surprised to hear their authors also edited this silly yearbook. Alessandra, for the racist lady, is an Italian name. It is a version of Alexandra.

Aside from that, I would have LOVED it if my h.s. yearbook had names misspelled! Some kids take high school way too seriously and this would be something funny and memorable to share with friends and family years down the road.

Dick Army wrote:

I think you're all missing the point that "MAX SUPERNOVA" may be the coolest name in the history of that school.

Amen!

Dick Army wrote:

I think you're all missing the point that "MAX SUPERNOVA" may be the coolest name in the history of that school.

I'd have to totally agree with that. Max Supernova's pretty cool.

Allentown wrote:

Does anyone even look at their yearbook a year after high school? I don't even know where mine is.

Even so, they are so expensive to buy that they SHOULD be perfect.