10-07-2025
The Spin: #GivesYouTypos
During the month of June, The Spin welcomed submissions from across the globe, including several unfortunate typos.
Passengers flying American Airlines (AA) took to social media, drawing attention to a typo on the safety signage within the aircraft. The mistake appears in the airline's Airbus A320 aircraft. While the error in the word 'cushion' has reportedly been neglected for years, here's hoping that the actual seat-bottom cushion is being given the attention it is due.
Red Bull was also pulled up for a typo on a promoted social media post tagged #GivesYouWings. Responses to the post included comments such as #GivesYouTypos. If you don't spot the typo on the first look, read
it again.
We also have a 'sooth'-ing typo after repairs on US Highway 31. Responding to the typo, the Vestavia Hills City staff shared a post on Facebook saying, 'Woke up to a striping error this morning. City staff has been in contact with JeffCo to coordinate repair by the striping vendor. This will be repaired as soon as possible. Look for this photo on the next 'You Had One Job' reel.'
Speaking of fixed typos, Disney has finally fixed the typo spotted by visitors at the Walt Disney World Resort Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida. Those with a keen eye for such things noticed that the description for Team Green's Integrated Systems Engineer MOTO in the TRON Lightcycle Run's post-show room inadvertently had more than a single 'and'. Although it's easy to miss, clearly this tiny detail irked enough people that Disney decided to step in and save the day.
On a more serious note, New York Magazine posted an absolute howler on X (formerly Twitter) – made worse by the fact that it was on a rather sensitive topic. The magazine posted that celebrity podcaster Alexandra Cooper, host of the famous show Call Her Daddy, has accused 'Nancy Mace' of harassment. Trouble is, they actually meant Nancy Feldman, the former Boston University women's football coach who Cooper has raised allegations against. Nancy Mace, on the other hand, happens to be a US Congresswoman, who has been representing the 1st Congressional District of the US state of South Carolina since 2021. Clearly, Mace was not happy and blasted the magazine on social media for the 'lazy, dangerous typo'.
The final entry in The Spin was more of a 'visual typo' for an advertisement promoting Prestige Nail School. Makes you wonder what sort of 'nail tech school' teaches you to paint your own nails while holding someone else's hand. The only tech used here seems to be generative AI, and it clearly has not nailed the ad.
