Should I, or shouldn't I?
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Our HR department often put up notices in the lifts or other common areas of our building about boring HR things. The current set have a glaringly obvious grammatical error, and it's not the first time. Should I email them and explain their error? On one had HR is mostly about communication and I would hope they'd appreciate some constructive feedback, on the other hand it's never a good idea to get on the wrong side of anyone from that department.
The best constructive feedback on those is delivered with a pen and a sarcastic mind.
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchyI had considered drawing massive penises for the missing apostrophes but my employment contract (drawn up by that very department) explicitly bans drawing of sexual imagery on company property (this is what happens when you give young guys access to beer and white boards).
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Our HR department often put up notices in the lifts or other common areas of our building about boring HR things. The current set have a glaringly obvious grammatical error, and it's not the first time. Should I email them and explain their error? On one had HR is mostly about communication and I would hope they'd appreciate some constructive feedback, on the other hand it's never a good idea to get on the wrong side of anyone from that department.
_Josh_ wrote:
Should I email them and explain their error?
For sure! Incompetence is best rewarded by a sarcastic email. :)
_Josh_ wrote:
it's never a good idea to get on the wrong side of anyone from that department.
The purpose of the HR department is to serve the companies, not the other way around. /ravi
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I had considered drawing massive penises for the missing apostrophes but my employment contract (drawn up by that very department) explicitly bans drawing of sexual imagery on company property (this is what happens when you give young guys access to beer and white boards).
_Josh_ wrote:
missing apostrophes
I'm curious - what's the typo? /ravi
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DaveAuld wrote:
line off to the side with an 'Oops!' next to it. then say no more.
But before that, make sure all CCTVs are turned off!
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
Or wear a balaclava.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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_Josh_ wrote:
missing apostrophes
I'm curious - what's the typo? /ravi
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Our HR department often put up notices in the lifts or other common areas of our building about boring HR things. The current set have a glaringly obvious grammatical error, and it's not the first time. Should I email them and explain their error? On one had HR is mostly about communication and I would hope they'd appreciate some constructive feedback, on the other hand it's never a good idea to get on the wrong side of anyone from that department.
I shouldn't. They're probably following some ridiculous style guide, written by someone with minimal knowledge of English grammar (aren't they all?), so the result will be that you'll be involved in endless (heated and angry -- people with minimal knowledge of a subject usually make up for it by being aggressive) debates about what is and is not good English. If you sense an element of "been there, done that" in the above, you sense right.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I'm curious - what's the typo?
Its v's It's They're consistent though
_Josh_ wrote:
Its v's It's
Hmmm... considering you made a typo yourself (it's "vs." or "v.", not "v's" :)), are you certain they made a typo? I'm still curious to read it. /ravi
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_Josh_ wrote:
Its v's It's
Hmmm... considering you made a typo yourself (it's "vs." or "v.", not "v's" :)), are you certain they made a typo? I'm still curious to read it. /ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
considering you made a typo yourself
Hence my reluctance to put my correction to them in writing :) It reads... Its not who you know its what you know I'm pretty sure that in this context "its" is a contraction of "it is" and therefore requires the '
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
considering you made a typo yourself
Hence my reluctance to put my correction to them in writing :) It reads... Its not who you know its what you know I'm pretty sure that in this context "its" is a contraction of "it is" and therefore requires the '
_Josh_ wrote:
I'm pretty sure that in this context "its" is a contraction of "it is" and therefore requires the '
Spot on! Give 'em hell, Josh! :) /ravi
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Or wear a balaclava.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Our HR department often put up notices in the lifts or other common areas of our building about boring HR things. The current set have a glaringly obvious grammatical error, and it's not the first time. Should I email them and explain their error? On one had HR is mostly about communication and I would hope they'd appreciate some constructive feedback, on the other hand it's never a good idea to get on the wrong side of anyone from that department.
Post it on Failblog.org, then send them a link from a throwaway Hotmail account to the Company's gloabal distribution list.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
Or wear a balaclava.
But before that, make sure all CCTVs are turned off!
__yash__ wrote:
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
Or wear a balaclava.
But before that, make sure all CCTVs are turned off!
Or make sure everyone wear balaclava
A hidden needle is way more effective than an unsheathed sword.
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_Josh_ wrote:
Should I email them and explain their error?
For sure! Incompetence is best rewarded by a sarcastic email. :)
_Josh_ wrote:
it's never a good idea to get on the wrong side of anyone from that department.
The purpose of the HR department is to serve the companies, not the other way around. /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
The purpose of the HR department is to serve the companies, not the other way around.
Ah, the innocence of youth. If you negate the the title you will see the true purpose, inhumane and unresourceful. Never has a role been so self-inflated since Mad Jim "Balloonist" Brumpton claimed to have invented the hot air balloon. In 1937. But do not hate them. It is better to pity and mock them for having less personal skills than a games developer.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. - Terry Pratchett I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
considering you made a typo yourself
Hence my reluctance to put my correction to them in writing :) It reads... Its not who you know its what you know I'm pretty sure that in this context "its" is a contraction of "it is" and therefore requires the '
Don't forget inserting a comma or semi-colon after the first "know." A comma is the more proper punctuation, strictly speaking, but a semi-colon is often used to insert a more drawn out and dramatic pause. A statement so glaringly trite deserves special attention.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Or wear a balaclava.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
The purpose of the HR department is to serve the companies, not the other way around.
Ah, the innocence of youth. If you negate the the title you will see the true purpose, inhumane and unresourceful. Never has a role been so self-inflated since Mad Jim "Balloonist" Brumpton claimed to have invented the hot air balloon. In 1937. But do not hate them. It is better to pity and mock them for having less personal skills than a games developer.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. - Terry Pratchett I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
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Our HR department often put up notices in the lifts or other common areas of our building about boring HR things. The current set have a glaringly obvious grammatical error, and it's not the first time. Should I email them and explain their error? On one had HR is mostly about communication and I would hope they'd appreciate some constructive feedback, on the other hand it's never a good idea to get on the wrong side of anyone from that department.
One place I worked, the HR department head would insist on using alternative instead of alternate, as in "Please remember that the canteen will shut early every alternative Wednesday." Repeated advice from innumerable people had no effect.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Our HR department often put up notices in the lifts or other common areas of our building about boring HR things. The current set have a glaringly obvious grammatical error, and it's not the first time. Should I email them and explain their error? On one had HR is mostly about communication and I would hope they'd appreciate some constructive feedback, on the other hand it's never a good idea to get on the wrong side of anyone from that department.
Make your own copy of the sign, with the error corrected and a suggestion that maybe the women in the department can be of more help in a kitchen somewhere because their grammar sucks.
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Or wear a balaclava.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
