Accupuncture lol

[caramia]

I was browsing Schedulicity's listing of local businesses & came across an acupuncture listing.  Don't get me wrong, I'm open to alternative/non-Western medicine... but the description of the initial appointment made me go

"Your initial Acupuncture treatment last 70 minutes. It is an inn dept examination of patients medical history and present condition"

[panicked]

Oh goodness. I've always wanted to try acupuncture, but for goodness sake, at least spell things properly!

[kellsbelles]

Aug 30, 2014 20:28:00 GMT -5 @clarissa said:

Come on, you girls can't at least figure out that an acupuncturist may be ESL?

I had thought of that and am sensitive to the fact that many are. Yet from a professional business standpoint it still does not bode well to have that many grammatical and spelling errors. They may do fabulous work but I am sure many are turned off from this initial impression and would not go there.

[SwimDeep]

Aug 31, 2014 7:21:43 GMT -5 kellsbelles said:

Aug 30, 2014 20:28:00 GMT -5 @clarissa said:

Come on, you girls can't at least figure out that an acupuncturist may be ESL?

I had thought of that and am sensitive to the fact that many are. Yet from a professional business standpoint it still does not bode well to have that many grammatical and spelling errors. They may do fabulous work but I am sure many are turned off from this initial impression and would not go there.

I would venture to say that those who are "turned off" by this initial impression would be more comfortable in a (white) chiropractor's office.

The English language is one of the most complicated languages in the world. If you would prefer to read advertisements from those who speak English "well" I suggest you confine yourselves to the suburbs.

ETA: I kind of want to call the women from CE&P over to kick your butt with your own spiky heels. Privileged much?

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Sept 1, 2014 16:55:46 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

Aug 31, 2014 7:21:43 GMT -5 kellsbelles said:

I had thought of that and am sensitive to the fact that many are. Yet from a professional business standpoint it still does not bode well to have that many grammatical and spelling errors. They may do fabulous work but I am sure many are turned off from this initial impression and would not go there.

I would venture to say that those who are "turned off" by this initial impression would be more comfortable in a (white) chiropractor's office.

The English language is one of the most complicated languages in the world. If you would prefer to read advertisements from those who speak English "well" I suggest you confine yourselves to the suburbs.

ETA: I kind of want to call the women from CE&P over to kick your butt with your own spiky heels. Privileged much?

Oh snap!  (hot)

[kellsbelles]

Sept 1, 2014 16:55:46 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

Aug 31, 2014 7:21:43 GMT -5 kellsbelles said:

I had thought of that and am sensitive to the fact that many are. Yet from a professional business standpoint it still does not bode well to have that many grammatical and spelling errors. They may do fabulous work but I am sure many are turned off from this initial impression and would not go there.

I would venture to say that those who are "turned off" by this initial impression would be more comfortable in a (white) chiropractor's office.

The English language is one of the most complicated languages in the world. If you would prefer to read advertisements from those who speak English "well" I suggest you confine yourselves to the suburbs.

ETA: I kind of want to call the women from CE&P over to kick your butt with your own spiky heels. Privileged much?

Wow I am surprised to see such a negative reaction and dig directed towards me especially the privileged comment.

I did not say I was judging, making fun of or insensitive to non native speakers, which we don't know if this is even this case here. I also did not say that I personally would not patronize a place like that but, "many" would not due to the spelling errors.

At the end of the day we have no idea who owns this business, what their background is or where they are located. All we know is they spelled their business description incorrectly and are assuming many things about the reason behind it. More power to any business owner in this economy.

[SwimDeep]

Sept 1, 2014 19:39:28 GMT -5 kellsbelles said:

Sept 1, 2014 16:55:46 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

I would venture to say that those who are "turned off" by this initial impression would be more comfortable in a (white) chiropractor's office.

The English language is one of the most complicated languages in the world. If you would prefer to read advertisements from those who speak English "well" I suggest you confine yourselves to the suburbs.

ETA: I kind of want to call the women from CE&P over to kick your butt with your own spiky heels. Privileged much?

Wow I am surprised to see such a negative reaction and dig directed towards me especially the privileged comment.

I did not say I was judging, making fun of or insensitive to non native speakers, which we don't know if this is even this case here. I also did not say that I personally would not patronize a place like that but, "many" would not due to the spelling errors.

At the end of the day we have no idea who owns this business, what their background is or where they are located. All we know is they spelled their business description incorrectly and are assuming many things about the reason behind it. More power to any business owner in this economy.

I will admit that my initial response comes across quite negative and angry, but the truth is you did laugh along with the OP's post and you immediately judged the business owner to be lacking in intelligence.

I can spell very well, and I will be the first to admit I haven't the faintest idea how acupuncture works or where the needles should go. Just because someone doesn't speak my language well doesn't mean they don't know what they're talking about.

I do agree with you - more power to any business owner in this economy!

[SwimDeep]

You know what? I'm still really pissed about this attitude! I'm an English major (going for graduate credentials in Science, because I think mentioning that will give me more weight). My family is straight up Republican/separatist/Confederate - yes, I am related to Tea Party activists... and they tend to make the assumption that I will follow and support their perspective.

Well - I DON'T. I'm not so inflated that I assume that every other person in the world should speak my language. For that matter, I'm not so egotistical that I think speakers of English as a second language should make every effort (no matter the cost) to conform to our societal and cultural standards of communication.

In my opinion - an acupuncturist that doesn't speak English perfect is at least just as good (probably better) than a chiropractor who speaks legalize.

[secretlyevil]

Sept 2, 2014 11:56:44 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

In my opinion - an acupuncturist that doesn't speak English perfect is at least just as good (probably better) than a chiropractor who speaks legalize.

Can you clarify this statement?