Bob's Corner
From our weekly issue dated December 10, 2008
No one dislikes, abhors and otherwise detests mistakes in print more than I, especially when there is nothing I can do about an error except to apologize. I can’t fix something that’s concluded. If we were a daily newspaper, we could have recovered from the goof we made on page 1 last issue by reporting that the chamber of commerce Christmas event would begin at 6 p.m.
It actually began at 4 p.m. So, we have received some missives from upset folks, and I can certainly sympathize with them. But that’s all I can do, besides apologizing, and noting that with three grown children and five granddaughters, plus dealing with other youngsters, we are familiar with disappointment of little ones.
To prevent such blunders in future editions, the staff and I (all four of us in the office) are going to begin utilizing a triple-check format. We really don’t like mistakes, and hopefully one will not occur again. However, I can’t promise. I can only say we are striving to avoid them.
And as Linus said to Charlie Brown: “Why worry about minor embarrassment when you can achieve total public humiliation.”
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Regarding my inaccuracy, there are only so many ways to express my regret, except to say Lo siento, Прошу прощения, Excusez-moi, Es tut mir furchtbar leid, Moushiwake gozaimasen -- and I’m sorry.
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