Monday, January 26, 2009

So I have to tell you what I did Friday

Part of my job is to send out news releases and update our university Web site with said press releases. Naturally, not all the news we receive is “earth-shattering,” but we still want it out there, so we have a section for briefs, or “Newsmakers" (see red circled part).



I was typing up a particular Newsmaker about our English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta, and I typed in a short headline, which is not shown on the Newsmaker portion but will help me find the brief if necessary. I hit submit, and it went online.

On the wrong part.

Instead of putting it in the Newsmaker column to the right, I put it right under, “News at University.” Okay, not so bad, really, right?

Uh…except for the headline.

I used to make fun of this when I was a member of this honor society, but when I was putting the headline in, I didn’t think much about it.

Think about the initials of the honor society…

That’s right. Right below “News at University” was the headline “STD.”

Fabulous.

Thankfully, though, I fixed the problem quickly…I’m crossing my fingers that nobody saw. But for those who might have…I hope they laughed. ;)

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOL!!! Glad I was only a member of "PSP" (phi sigma pi - business honor society). PSP is a little bit better than STD! :)

Rach@In His Hands said...

Haha! Mistakes like that are always good for a laugh. :-)

Brooke said...

we have a "short term disability" deduction on our paychecks every two weeks - and take one guess how its abreviated...

Growin' With It said...

now that's a funny one! i've been in that nightmare on publishing a post and knowing those blog feeders get to read the real mistakes. but this one takes the cake!☺

Carol said...

Thanks for the comments you left on my blog today. It was encouraging. I'll have to look that book up.

Have a great day!

Your post was funny by the way. :-)

misti said...

Only you!

Mari said...

I'm laughing! I bet they did too.

Anonymous said...

He,he! Good thing you caught it!