My phone auto-corrected 'garage sale' to 'garbage sale' and 50 people showed up

I was hosting a garage sale last Saturday in Portland and put up a quick sign with my tablet. Auto-correct changed 'garage' to 'garbage' and I didn't notice until people started asking where the trash was. About 50 folks came by laughing and some actually bought stuff anyway. Has anyone else had auto-correct totally mess up a public event or sign?

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perez.christopher28d ago

Next time just draw a picture on the sign...

johnson.adam28d ago

Man @perez.christopher nailed it with that drawing idea, I had a similar fail when my sign for "free books" turned into "free boots" and half the neighborhood showed up looking for shoes. People got a good laugh out of it though, maybe we should lean into these auto-correct disasters on purpose next time.