"I'm surrounded by idiots!"
Or at least illiterates.
Presumably I'm being punished for giving up on college, instead of sticking it out and becoming an English teacher. Then I could get paid for correcting this crap, instead of being forced to ignore it, because it's not a good employment strategy to play Grammar Nazi to one's co-workers and especially one's superiors.
Recent examples.
Email today from a co-worker:
Does anyone know the format to retrieve pass dated invoices?.
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Part of an email yesterday from a Supervisor telling us how important it is to properly document our records:
Also keep in mind the floaters, they should be able to jump in and cover someone and have it be as seemless as possible.
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Then there was this one where my former manager managed to use "your" both correctly AND incorrectly in one header:
It is your turn -2013 PTO Requests - Your NEXT
I actually brought that one to her attention because it was so egregious and because it was going out to other people in the company who might notice. Also because I have a relationship with her that allows me to do that. Although I don't think she was 100% thrilled about it.
Presumably I'm being punished for giving up on college, instead of sticking it out and becoming an English teacher. Then I could get paid for correcting this crap, instead of being forced to ignore it, because it's not a good employment strategy to play Grammar Nazi to one's co-workers and especially one's superiors.
Recent examples.
Email today from a co-worker:
Does anyone know the format to retrieve pass dated invoices?.
@@@@@
Part of an email yesterday from a Supervisor telling us how important it is to properly document our records:
Also keep in mind the floaters, they should be able to jump in and cover someone and have it be as seemless as possible.
@@@@@
Then there was this one where my former manager managed to use "your" both correctly AND incorrectly in one header:
It is your turn -2013 PTO Requests - Your NEXT
I actually brought that one to her attention because it was so egregious and because it was going out to other people in the company who might notice. Also because I have a relationship with her that allows me to do that. Although I don't think she was 100% thrilled about it.