I don’t know … the name and all.
There is a board I frequent where posts that correct people’s spelling, word choice or grammar are deleted. This thread reminds me why that is such a good idea.
Dang, missed that.
And I’m the one who swore she wouldn’t respond to what I believe are bots.
People all up in arms about spelling could spend at least a tiny bit of time reading for content and making a suggestion. OP cannot use one of the farriers that currently come to the barn and is looking for someone who would come in for just one horse.
There’s Thomas Rock in Wadsworth but you probably know him already. The AFA has a directory here: http://americanfarriers.org/find-a-farrier/. Another directory here: http://www.usafarriers.com/.
The Midwest Horseshoeing School could probably suggest some recent grads. http://www.midwesthorseshoeingschool.com/index.html.
$750.00 for four shoes? They’d better be gold.
OP, I hqve a great farrier that came to me as a single client when I moved barns. He has since picked up all of the others in the barn, after people there saw his work. Call around and ask, you might find someone who will come for just one horse. I was a bit surprised that my guy would do it, since he is in high demand, but it’s worked out well for both of us.
Think this might be a case of “charge them until you like them”.
Honestly, let’s assume the new person is legitimate, and simply is a bad speller. Why so snarky? Jeez.
To the OP, it sounds like you’re really in a difficult spot - while it’s possible someone on this board may know someone in your area, it’s not as likely as reaching out to the local people.
First I’d want a breakdown of the charges for your horse and compare them to the other farriers at your barn. That does sound like the most ridiculous shoeing price I’ve ever heard. So, are you 100% sure that’s legitimate - or, as was suggested, it is somehow an effort to get rid of you? Find out what others pay, and/or get a sample price list.
Then – call all the vet clinics in your area and ask for farrier recommendations. Then call the farriers to see whether they would come to your barn. While the clinics might know who is out there, only the farriers themselves would really be able to know whether they might come in for one horse or not.
If that doesn’t work – I’d move to a new barn.
Why bother to keep posting here when OP is gone? If his Farrier is charging him $750 for a set of shoes there is a BIG reason why!! Maybe Farrier does have Tax issues, needs the money OR has followed the recommendations of other Farriers. That “Charge them until you like them” rule of business employed with difficult customers is still effective!
OP has set up all the “why I can’t use another Farrier in my barn” reasons. Folks on here have given PLENTY of good advice. Now OP needs to get himself around and FIND another Farrier to use, all by himself.
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People all up in arms about spelling could spend at least a tiny bit of time reading for content and making a suggestion. [/QUOTE]
I don’t think anybody was “all up in arms about spelling.”
One person made clever use of the word ferrier AND made a suggestion!
Another person explained the joke (because OP didn’t get it) by explaining the difference between ferrier and farrier and made a (fairly benign, IMO) comment that prompted the OP to call that person “nuts”!
OP insulted people who worry about spelling. Not sure what OP meant by “Middle Manager,” but I took that as some kind of insult, too.
OP left in a huff.
In the midst of all this, suggestions were made and either rejected or unacknowledged.
Well, seeing as how a farrier is about as integral part of horse ownership as a doctor is to a hospital, I would expect that any horse owner willing to fork over $750 for shoes would at least know how to spell it. To NOT spell it properly just makes a person look like they belong on Craigslist, selling fugly backyard freisadonkaloosas.
I’m not about to go correcting every single spelling error in a thread, but this one is like telling someone they have spinach in their teeth… it had to be done. And instead of “oops, thanks!” OP had to get all huffy about it. Go figure.
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Well, seeing as how a farrier is about as integral part of horse ownership as a doctor is to a hospital, I would expect that any horse owner willing to fork over $750 for shoes would at least know how to spell it. To NOT spell it properly just makes a person look like they belong on Craigslist, selling fugly backyard freisadonkaloosas.
I’m not about to go correcting every single spelling error in a thread, but this one is like telling someone they have spinach in their teeth… it had to be done. And instead of “oops, thanks!” OP had to get all huffy about it. Go figure.[/QUOTE]
Yeap really glad I know of at least one board where posts like this one are deleted as a matter of course. The level of intolerance, rancor and prejudice that people show over spelling errors is incredible. Here’s a nice article people might want to read. http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2013/09/language_bullies_pedants_and_grammar_nerds_who_correct_people_all_the_time.html
I think spelling errors in posts are important to note and fix, because if a word is spelled all different ways, it has Search feature ramifications for the future.
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I think spelling errors in posts are important to note and fix, because if a word is spelled all different ways, it has Search feature ramifications for the future.[/QUOTE] Not really google based search engines handle spelling errors quite well in both the key words and source material. Nice when a machine is more flexible and tolerant than a person
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Not really google based search engines handle spelling errors quite well in both the key words and source material. Nice when a machine is more flexible and tolerant than a person[/QUOTE]
Yes, and a machine wouldn’t point out that spinach in your teeth, either!
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I think spelling errors in posts are important to note and fix, because if a word is spelled all different ways, it has Search feature ramifications for the future.[/QUOTE]
Who cares?
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Believe it or not, a lot of people do care. As I said before, I earn my living working for those people, because if their work is full of spelling errors, guess what, it won’t get published. So, the publishers care, the authors care, and I’m pretty darn sure the readers care. A LOT of people care.
Not talking about a typo here. The main point of the OP in this thread was about the person who trims and shoes horses’ feet. An error (not a typo as it was repeated several times) in spelling was noted (not ranted about, not roundly lambasted) … no big deal, at least it wasn’t until others started criticizing the person who noted the error. Ironic, eh?
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Yes, and a machine wouldn’t point out that spinach in your teeth, either![/QUOTE] Really not sure why that would be an issue. I guess it’s another prejudice people have. Spinach in your teeth means xyz.
Fortunately I’m in a profession where it’s your skill set that matters. So long as I know what Euler’s formula is and can handle differential equations and do circuit analysis along with programing, they could care less about what’s in my teeth or how I spell for that matter.
For some of us misspelled words are like fingernails on a chalk board. Occasional slips in a quick forum or text are forgivable but when an error is repeated, or a post is riddled with multiple spelling errors… it just causes an overall negative impression on some of us, and you never really know when that negative impression could hurt you in some way.
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Think this might be a case of “charge them until you like them”.[/QUOTE]
That is one to remember!
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Believe it or not, a lot of people do care. As I said before, I earn my living working for those people, because if their work is full of spelling errors, guess what, it won’t get published. So, the publishers care, the authors care, and I’m pretty darn sure the readers care. A LOT of people care.
Not talking about a typo here. The main point of the OP in this thread was about the person who trims and shoes horses’ feet. An error (not a typo as it was repeated several times) in spelling was noted (not ranted about, not roundly lambasted) … no big deal, at least it wasn’t until others started criticizing the person who noted the error. Ironic, eh?[/QUOTE]
Well, sure in the real world spelling is important. I thought you mean people might not find this thread on COTH because the word farrier was spelled wrong.
Not that it would matter, because all anyone would find is half the posters snarking at the OP because they spelled farrier wrong.
For some of us misspelled words are like fingernails on a chalk board. Occasional slips in a quick forum or text are forgivable but when an error is repeated, or a post is riddled with multiple spelling errors… it just causes an overall negative impression on some of us, and you never really know when that negative impression could hurt you in some way.
I get that. But what is also like fingernails on a chalkboard to me is the COTH posters that jump on people about spelling for no reason other than correcting them…as if they have been charged with the task of “grammar police.”
What was that great quote from Off Topic once – something like “save your wrath for the $7/hour barrista that spells your name wrong on your latte cup?”
