You must smile with wry enjoyment at the cheery souls who don't feel the need to spell with any concern for accuracy or consistency. Most times, the text foibles you trip over are a little like a stone in your shoe: they stop you with a wince for a minute, but you move along.
But every so often, you're graced with a thigh-slapper that stops you in your tracks.
Don't think so?
Try this at home...
Sit Spot sit....
Easy enough.
Add the random 'h' in and see what happens.For your safety, grab your roll of pick up bags before trying this at home...
I liked the hiccup that suggested this...
The best one I've seen in a long time came in on a resume last week.
Let's be clear...it came in on a resume for an alleged writer. For that reason, it's not fierce to expect some semblance of spelling.
Said writer offered details about occasional submissions to assorted editors and employers under this heading:
But every so often, you're graced with a thigh-slapper that stops you in your tracks.
Don't think so?
Try this at home...
Sit Spot sit....
Easy enough.
Add the random 'h' in and see what happens.
I liked the hiccup that suggested this...
The union has gone to binding medication.
Speaking only for myself, let me say, "OUCH!"
This is not a benefit I'm keen to pay for...but maybe that's just me....
Binding mediAtion -- while not a walk in the park -- still seems a preferable alternative.
The best one I've seen in a long time came in on a resume last week.
Let's be clear...it came in on a resume for an alleged writer. For that reason, it's not fierce to expect some semblance of spelling.
Said writer offered details about occasional submissions to assorted editors and employers under this heading:
FREE LANCE
Who is Lance?
More importantly who has him in some sort of bondage in a basement.
And do we actually know Lance objects to this in some way?
One appearance is a typo that merits a certain brief mocking and chuckling.
But the second reference suggests the writer is either making a tacit offer or doesn't know any better. It's become a legend in some circles --not to mention one heck of a moniker.
I am glad the adventure that has been the screening of the candidates is coming to a close.
What people will offer as 'professional' detail on their resumes baffles me...
I do not need to know that applicants are hosts or hostesses of any sort...nor that they are talented professional tattoo artists, breastfeeding coaches...flying yoga enthusiasts...nor any sort of political hangers-on. What any individual does in his or her free time is his or her business...but offer those details sparingly....and always ask this question, 'Is this what the hiring firm intends to pay me for if I get this job?'
No PUBIC RELATIONS specialists need apply.
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