New York - Embarrassing 'SHCOOL' Sign Replaced In NYC |
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Published on: January 25, 2012 06:23 PM
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A misspelled school crossing sign is torn out of the pavement, Tuesday, Jan. 24 2012 on the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)New York - An embarrassing misspelling of “school” is gone from the street outside a New York City school building.
Utility workers used heavy machinery to grind up the wrongly placed “H’’ and “C’’ in the “SHCOOL X-NG” sign on Tuesday.
The correction was made a day after the New York Post reported the spelling error.
The words were created with industrial textured tape that permanently sticks to the asphalt.
The Consolidated Edison utility told the Post (http://nyp.st/A41ber ) the blunder occurred when a contractor ripped up the street for utility work and replaced the existing markings. It says the mistake outside the Manhattan building that houses three schools had been there since July 2010.
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Jan 25, 2012 at 05:38 PM ExpatriateOwl Says:Report as Inappropriate
Will Con Ed make the contractor eat the cost of sending the crew and equipment to make the correction? -- Or will Con Ed pass the cost along to the ratepayers?
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Jan 25, 2012 at 05:55 PM CSLMoish Says:Report as Inappropriate
Btw this has happened before. I remember seeing it like a year ago
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Jan 25, 2012 at 06:57 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
I remember a few years ago when they replaced the MERCER street sign to MERSER. Was quite funny then too.
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Jan 25, 2012 at 09:24 PM Benny Says:Report as Inappropriate
And send those workers back to shcool to learn how to shpel