At one of Lansing's busiest intersections, people rarely have time to stop and smell the flowers-- let alone stop and read the street signs.

But we asked people Monday to do just that, at the intersection of Kalamazoo and Grand.

"Kalamazoo," says one person.

"East Kalamazoo," clarifies another.

We asked them to look a little closer and spell it for us, as it's written on the sign.

"K-a-l-a-m-z-o-o," says Tory Richards.

"K-a-l-a.... oops!!! It's missing an a, isn't it??" says Nancy Newell.

That it is.

On both sides of the street where it intersects with Grand.

We see the name "Kalamazoo" all over town, but in this spot, our eyes have failed the see the "a."

All of the people we stopped on the street, about a dozen, say they'd never noticed the misspelled sign before; most of them were working at the DHS building just around the corner.

"It shows your brain sees what it's really supposed to be," says Ann Hutton.

It seems like letting "Kalamzoo" go up on a street sign without anyone noticing the error would be difficult. But the city says what it all boils down to is, hey, sometimes people just make mistakes.

"We are humans, and the signs are made by humans," says a humble Chad Gamble, Lansing's public service director.

Gamble tells us the sign is actually on order and should be replaced by the week's end, costing the city between $200 and $300 for the Kalamazoo snafu. He says someone had actually called in the mistake a few weeks ago.

"We try to peruse for misspellings, but sometimes they get through the system," Gamble says. "People make the assumption we're aware of all potholes and aware of mispelled street signs. Sometimes we're not."

He urges people to call in when they see mistakes in the city.