I would be the most holy terror of a rules-lawyer if I got a chance

I just saw a sign saying “Wear hard hats and PPE. Violations will be fined $100 per occurrance”

and a whole scenario just popped into my head where someone’s getting fined and tries to loophole out of it by sheer nitpicking

“You owe $100”

“No I don’t, there is no rule”

“The rule is on the sign. It says Fined $100”

“But it doesn’t say what for. It says ‘Fined $100 Per'… and then it says something that isn’t a real word, so it obviously doesn’t mean anything, so it can’t be a thing you can accuse me of doing”

“The word is 'occurrence.’ It means when a violation of the rule occurs. You know that”

“No, it’s not the word 'occurrence.’ It looks kind of like it, but it’s spelled with an A instead of an E. So, I reiterate, it isn’t a real word, and is therefore unenforceable”

“….if you wore a hard hat in dangerous work zones like you ought to, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t act like this”

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