It's just the one street, after all

Excuse my density, but how is it that they screwed up?

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I don't see the problem. There is, after all, only one Massachusett Avenue here. It's like attorneys general or passersby.

r/onejob

Oof. The OP plus the thread is very telling of a problem we have here in America.

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They used the S for Silver Springs

As a transplanted Bay Stater, this fills me with incandescent rage.

Can I propose the idea that the image sent to the print shop was correct, but the margin of the requested banner size cut off the S?

Still, several people failed...

I blame Stevie Nicks

end me

To be fair, I'm from MA and struggle to spell it correctly.

Meh. Good enough.

Massachusettsan

They left off the last S for Savings.

That stretch of Mass is the border for the Mt Vernon Triangle BID, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the BID paid for it? I think they have a Twitter.

Gender neutral they are doing all the streets this way now

MassachusettX

There's only one Massachusett now.

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I’m always amazed at the multiple levels of failure for stuff like this.

Let’s assume the order from DC to the vendor was correct (iffy, but let’s make that assumption).

Then the person at the printer screwed up setting the template. Then the person boxing/shipping screwed up.

Then it got to DPW and the person unboxing didn’t notice, nor did the crew hanging them, or the supervisor managing the crew doing it. I’ve seen miss spelled flags and signs stay up for months until someone tweets it and the city is embarrassed enough to fix it.

At the very minimum, 5 sets of eyes missed this, and DC probably payed a kings ransom to pay for it all.

Embarrassing.

No, no. Commenter is ONE Bay Stater. Singular. Massachusettan.

MassachuseX

I did email the BID using the form on their site!

Not surprising. About 10ish years ago, they swapped out all the street signs to change the font to whatever the new DOT guideline prescribed. People spotted tons of mistakes, from spelling errors to inconsistent capitalization and style.

Getting the details right has never been DC’s strong suit. We have more of a “big idea” leadership style with flawed execution.

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Just the one Massachussett, please.

That's exactly what I think every time I see a restaurant advertising "we delivery." How many eyes and brains led to the installation of that kind of error on a building?

If Massachusett was meant to have an S at the end, then NoMa would be NoMas

Sort of like the NATINALS uniforms. I was just surprised the Nats didn't have backup uniforms with the correct spelling.

Stevie Nick singing Silver Spring at Farmer & Distiller on Massachusett Ave