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I disagree somewhat. US news might laugh about it on morning news coverage. But is it that trivial and a laughing matter? I get it, typos are funny and no one d
by sorenn111 7y ago
I disagree somewhat. US news might laugh about it on morning news coverage. But is it that trivial and a laughing matter? I get it, typos are funny and no one dies. But "nobody died" isn't a valid excuse for mistakes on filing for taxes or legal contracts. Errors do matter, even if no one dies. not to overblow the issue, but governmental trust may require error avoidance for many people.
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoTaxes and contracts can a big impact on the people they affect, though. A typo on a bank note has no direct effect on any users. It's an aesthetic problem, not a functional one.
- SilasX 7y agoReally? Isn't it going to throw a lot of false positives when people try to spend them and the cashier thinks that the misspelling means it's counterfeit?
- was_boring 7y agoDid it though? It's been in circulation for years.
- SilasX 7y agoI thought the version with the typo was recent?
- was_boring 7y agoYears is probably an over statement on my part. A second read indicates probably a year and half.
- fivefive55 7y agoYou really think any cashier is going to read the microtext on every bill they get? You practically need a magnifying glass just to see the typo. It's an absolute non-issue no matter what way you spin it.
- PhasmaFelis 7y ago46 million bills were in circulation for 8 months before the first person even noticed the typo, so probably not, no. I've been a cashier, and trust me, we had more important things to do than examine bills with a magnifying glass looking for spelling errors. If a bill seemed suspicious at a quick glance, I swiped it with the counterfeit detector pen, and if it came out fine, I shrugged and put it in the register.
- FabHK 7y agoFWIW, my reading of the article is that the "nobody died" comment was not made for fun or political points or to deflect blame, but to console the printers responsible who were beating themselves up about their error.
- kartan 7y ago> But "nobody died" isn't a valid excuse for mistakes on filing for taxes or legal contracts. I have had a lot of mistakes filing my taxes (Spain) when I was working as a contractor. You pay a small fine (100€ for a yearly report) and move on. You will be prosecuted if you lied in your taxes. But, mistakes happen all the time and its not big deal.
- chipperyman573 7y agoDo you have to pay backtaxes or is it just $100 and move on?
- kartan 7y agoYes. I have to pay the taxes. The 100 is a fine for doing it wrong and I guess pay for the extra time that they need to spend.
- celticninja 7y agoAn error on legal contract is very different from a typo on something that doesn't matter as it doesn't affect functionality at all.