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  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

    Or wear a balaclava.

    "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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    __yash__
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    Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

    Or wear a balaclava.

    But before that, make sure all CCTVs are turned off!

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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.

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      Chris Quinn
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      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!

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        Firo Atrum Ventus
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        __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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        • R Ravi Bhavnani

          _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

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          Nagy Vilmos
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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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            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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            Roger Wright
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            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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            • R Rajesh R Subramanian

              Or wear a balaclava.

              "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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              Lost User
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              What if he works in a Bank?

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              • N Nagy Vilmos

                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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                Lost User
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                You know what HR people love? They really like it when you insist on calling their department the personnel department. No personnel department ever used the term "continual improvement"

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                • L Lost User

                  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.

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                  Henry Minute
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                  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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                  • L Lost User

                    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.

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                    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.

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                      Or wear a balaclava.

                      "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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                      Lost User
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                      This[^]

                      Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^] "Program as if the technical support department is full of serial killers and they know your home address" - Ray Cassick Jr., RIP

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                      • L Lost User

                        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.

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                        wizardzz
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                        _Josh_ wrote:

                        On one had HR is mostly

                        Fix your own error before criticizing others.

                        "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                        • N Nagy Vilmos

                          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
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                          Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                          Ah, the innocence of youth.

                          That's the nicest thing anyone's told me in years. :-D /ravi

                          My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                            _Josh_ wrote:

                            On one had HR is mostly

                            Fix your own error before criticizing others.

                            "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                            Lost User
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                            Good on ya

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