Last Friday, I took my mother to lunch. At one point, I was in line to use the men's room and there was one person waiting ahead of me — an employee of the restaurant at which we were dining. Killing time, I glanced around and noticed a hand-chalked sign on the wall next to us. It said at the top, "Celerate the season!"
I sometimes go through life proofreading the world around me. I always try to do it in an amused (as opposed to critical) way. I mean, it's wrong…but what the hell harm does it do? Still, people are usually grateful when you point this kind of thing out so I read it aloud and told the guy ahead of me in line, "Looks like someone owes your customers a "B!"
He chuckled and seemed very, very happy that I'd pointed this out. He whipped out a BlackBerry, took a snapshot of the sign and told me, "The guy who lettered that is my boss. Next time he gets on my case about making a mistake, I'm just going to have to show him that! Thanks!"