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Typo on label means a much cheaper product. Woohoo!
I often look to the ‘discard’ shelf of my local drugstore to find serious price reductions on everyday products. This allows me to enjoy some of the luxury products I’d normally esch… more →
The power of 'I'm sorry'
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SimplyRead wrote 1 month ago: Last week I read a letter to the Editor in my local community paper, the Richmond Hill Liberal. At f … more →
Typo on label means a much cheaper product. Woohoo!
SimplyRead wrote 1 month ago: I often look to the ‘discard’ shelf of my local drugstore to find serious price reductio … more →
TTC map debacle - they should've hired an editor and considered the user!
SimplyRead wrote 2 months ago: It’s been pretty easy to pick on the way the people who run the City of Toronto have chosen to … more →
TTC map debacle - they should've hired an editor and considered the user!
SimplyRead wrote 2 months ago: It’s been pretty easy to pick on the way the people who run the City of Toronto have chosen to … more →
Back-to-school fun with headlines
SimplyRead wrote 3 months ago: These have been going around the Internet for years, but I thought them worth reprising.The ‘e … more →
Our continued annoyance, and worse, thanks to the Ontario Court
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SimplyRead wrote 3 months ago: If you followed the previous post on this, you might have imagined why I (and my poor husband) would … more →
How a Liquor Commission became a Lion’s Club, and other missteps on a long, Nova Scotia road
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SimplyRead wrote 4 months ago: As I’m on holidays this week, here’s an anecdote about learning a clear communication le … more →
Can we ticket the Ontario Court for using un-plain language?
SimplyRead wrote 4 months ago: [this article was originally published in March 2009 on my website: www.simplyread.ca] Watch this bl … more →
Don't Fuggedaboutit
Mandy wrote 2 years ago: From CNN: Math anxiety hinders one’s ability to do well on tests by occupying the working memo … more →
Pixies
Mandy wrote 3 years ago: One of the concepts that we just talked about in my class (in the social psych chapter) is stereotyp … more →
Armchair Diagnosis
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Mandy wrote 3 years ago: HUGE DISCLAIMER: I am not a clinical psychologist, nor am I a person qualified to actually diagnose … more →
You never get a second chance...
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Mandy wrote 3 years ago: …to make a first impression. First impressions are big, as any social psychologist will tell y … more →
Pour Me Another, Bartender
Mandy wrote 3 years ago: This study made the news in December of 2005, right before New Year's Eve. However, I also … more →
