DaveyLC
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I've actually disgusted my self by typing DRAW instead of DRAWER..
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John
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Oh well I'll be sure to give my doctor a quick spelling test in future to make sure he can do his job as that's the new barometer of intelligence and competency.
Plenty of very intelligent people aren't great at spelling. I'd maybe agree if instead of drawer they wrote "toilet seat" but I'd wager a good amount that plenty of people in highly skilled jobs would make the same mistake and they'd still be capable of performing their job to a high standard just fine.
Surely to be classed as highly intelligent you need to be able to spell he word drawer?
Though I agree it was probably not a person with an MD who made the labels
Of course you can be highly intelligent without being able to spell a word, or in this case not spell but incorrect usage of the word.
Einstein was a poor speller but infinitely more intelligent than me.
Intelligence is about far more than spelling ability
Both of you have missed the fact that it's not a spelling issue. I also didn't mention intelligence. A degree or lack of one isn't a reliable gauge of that either.
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JonnyJ
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You did mention you wouldn't trust them to do their job well because they used draw instead of drawer which is absolutely ridiculous.
My mate is a terrible speller, in fact I struggle to make sense of the stuff he writes sometimes but he's fantastic at his job, he's been promoted about 3 times in a year and already earns more than I do in a year than I do in 3. I absolutely guarantee he would use draw instead of drawer, yet that doesn't mean he can't excel in his job.
Unless your job is an English teacher/Journalist/author I struggle to see how having a complete grasp of the English language is intrinsically linked to ability to perform in your job.
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John
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Knowing that a drawer is a drawer isn't the same as knowing the language intimately.
I've not got a complete grasp of English, just enough to get by, spell checker saves me most of (but not all) of the time. Grammar most of the time I manage to get away with.
Draw being stuck onto a drawer is at best laziness, which still isn't a good quality to apply when doing your job.
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Nath
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Wonder how long it's been like that too?! 
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JonnyJ
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Draw and drawer is an easy mistake to make though, because no one pronounces drawer "draw-er" they pronounce it draw. I'd say it's just a simple mistake, nothing catastrophic or even lazy and I certainly wouldn't be put off trusting the person to perform in their job.
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Haimsey
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Who the fuck pays attention to anything at 8: 04 in the morning, let alone enough to pick up on something like that!
[Edited on 19-09-2013 by Haimsey]
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alan-g-w
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Draw and drawer is an easy mistake to make though, because no one pronounces drawer "draw-er" they pronounce it draw. I'd say it's just a simple mistake, nothing catastrophic or even lazy and I certainly wouldn't be put off trusting the person to perform in their job.
Pronounced 'draw-er' up here in the land of proper speak
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Hammer
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All joking aside it's an English thing, never seen or heard even the most retarded of people up here confuse 'draw' with 'drawer' in that context.
In fact I bet even ]v[ark would spell that properly, or at least attempt it.
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Cavey
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Originally posted by Haimsey
Who the fuck pays attention to anything at 8: 04 in the morning, let alone enough to pick up on something like that!
[Edited on 19-09-2013 by Haimsey]
You've seen Johns posts before haven't you? 
Misspelling drives me crazy. I didn't use a company to recycle my phone because they misspelt something on the print outnsheet, Its ridiculous that supposedly professional companies have mistakes on things like that.
However in this case, as said, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a doctor who made the labels
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Cavey
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At work (Royal Mail) there's a note on the lift to "push the yorks all the way to the back otherwise it messes up the census" ... Someone corrected it to sensers.... 
However that's to be expected as its unqualified work donenlargely by spasticated retards
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IvIarkgraham
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All joking aside it's an English thing, never seen or heard even the most retarded of people up here confuse 'draw' with 'drawer' in that context.
In fact I bet even ]v[ark would spell that properly, or at least attempt it.
the obsession continues!!
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taylorboosh
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Is it bad that i thought we were laughing at the fact they are numbered?
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Eck
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Originally posted by JonnyJ
Oh well I'll be sure to give my doctor a quick spelling test in future to make sure he can do his job as that's the new barometer of intelligence and competency.
Plenty of very intelligent people aren't great at spelling. I'd maybe agree if instead of drawer they wrote "toilet seat" but I'd wager a good amount that plenty of people in highly skilled jobs would make the same mistake and they'd still be capable of performing their job to a high standard just fine.
[Edited on 19-09-2013 by JonnyJ]
A quote I'm sure you'll have heard by now:
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish on it's ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing that it is stupid".
[Edited on 19-09-2013 by Eck]
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Shell
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touché Alex.
Just a thought, but had anyone considered that maybe, just maybe, the elusive sign maker was actually writing shorthand?! Just a thought like...
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Robin
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Misspelling drives me crazy. I didn't use a company to recycle my phone because they misspelt something on the print outnsheet, Its ridiculous that supposedly professional companies have mistakes on things like that.
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John
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touché Alex.
Just a thought, but had anyone considered that maybe, just maybe, the elusive sign maker was actually writing shorthand?! Just a thought like...
Name me one time you've seen draw used as shorthand for drawer?
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Nic Barnes
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Who cares?
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John
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Nobody asked you fatty.
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Shell
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touché Alex.
Just a thought, but had anyone considered that maybe, just maybe, the elusive sign maker was actually writing shorthand?! Just a thought like...
Name me one time you've seen draw used as shorthand for drawer?
In that photo.
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Nic Barnes
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Nobody asked you fatty.
fuckin hell maybe 2010 I was fat, you're very wrong now though. Like normal I guess, you being wrong and that.
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Steve
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That's a big mistake to make. Degree in medicine (or anything) is not indicative of actually being any good at that subject.
Agree with this
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sc0ott
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Do we know for sure what they 'actually' mean though? We can all see they are drawers, maybe it means something else?
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GB123
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Do we know for sure what they 'actually' mean though? We can all see they are drawers, maybe it means something else?
Colouring pencils and paper imo
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sc0ott
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Could be
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