[Gllug] Hello

Simon Stewart sms at lateral.net
Fri Feb 8 17:08:56 UTC 2002


On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 05:07:04PM +0000, David Damerell wrote:
> On Friday, 8 Feb 2002, Dan Kolb wrote:
> >Why, why, *why* do companies hire people to do marketing/HR/any role where 
> >they have to write out to large numbers of random people, when these people 
> >couldn't even scrape a GCSE English pass with their bad grammar! I have a 
> >strong mind next time I get some marketing spiel with bad grammar to circle 
> >all the errors in red pen and send it back with an appropriate note attached.
> 
> Even when these marketing drones don't actually make mistakes, they
> often write in an incoherent stream-of-consciousness way. These are
> probably the same people who use "action" as a verb. We should shoot
> them all like dogs. :-)

I would most strongly disadvise actioning that coarse of
thoughtlyness.

Cheers,

Simon

-- 
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable,
and praiseworthy ...
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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