Today is the last day of the Steilacoom Farmer’s Market.  Why the market is ending in the height of the produce season is beyond me, but I’m not in charge so that’s beside the point.  We thought we would take the time tonight to wander to the waterside market to see what we had been missing the past few weeks.  However, when we asked our 4 year old if he wanted to go to the market he politely told us, “no thank you.”

Prior to us making the choice to visit or not my husband took a minute to look the market up on the web.  My guess is that he wanted to see what the hours were (and secretly check out their website).  He sent me the link to the site so that I might check it out also.  Mostly because of my job and partly because we like this sort of thing.

I looked at the website and while the information was fairly easy to navigate something struck me as odd.  I noticed the bottom of the page read:

“If you would like to  become a vender or you  know of any venders or  have favorite venders that you would like to see participating in our market, please contact Voraya by phone”

Vender, vender, vender.

Seems to me that vender is spelled vendor.  Maybe that’s just me.  Often times I have spelled words with random Us.  As in colour and flavour.  I assure you I am not Canadian (although it is my second language) or Britsh (however I do call it cling film).

As I browsed the site more I saw more “mis”spellings.  The whole sidebar said vender.  It was nothing if not consistent.

I started to think about the image of this particular market and the face it put forth on the internet.  As a graphic designer I know the importance of putting forth your best face for the public.  Web media is the largest resource for most people these days.  Lord knows I’ve recycled all of my phone books long ago.

The question remains, visit a place that so blatantly spells something wrong or give it a shot?  Sadly for us, we did not visit the Steilacoom Farmer’s Market on its last day.  The child said, “no thank you,” and that was enough for us.

Would I have gone if he said yes?  Probably so.

Moreover, how do you spell it?  Vender or Vendor?