Dear people I work with: please use punctuation!
Because, when you ask me a question via email or IM, and you don't end the sentence witha question mark, I picture you as a walking dead rotting corpse zombie.
Instead of writing "Do you have a status on the account?", you write:
hi do you have a status on the account
Which, in my head, becomes, 'ARRRGH STATUS ACCOUNT BLUUUURGH BRAAAAAINS'.
Seriously, people. Punctuation. It is our friend.
Instead of writing "Do you have a status on the account?", you write:
hi do you have a status on the account
Which, in my head, becomes, 'ARRRGH STATUS ACCOUNT BLUUUURGH BRAAAAAINS'.
Seriously, people. Punctuation. It is our friend.
posted by walkinhomefromthethriftstore at 6:53 AM
9 Comments:
Kira, you make me laugh!
Catt.
wow, when did that become acceptable business communication? if zombies weren't so occupied with the brain-eating, that's probably how they would write, though. and also, they'd talk without punctuation, in a monotone voice with run on sentences.
just like mordechai the jewish zombie. oh, mordechai!
Thanks Cat!
Yeah, zombies. They don't bother with the punctuation so much. On the plus side they don't really type either.
Have you ever made a mistake before? You must have really low tollerance if simple litle mistakes are annoying you. My guess is that you haven't been laid in a really really really long time. Did you notice the question mark after the first sentence?
Your theory of the ratio of sexual satisfaction to passion for punctuation is compelling,
anonymous. However, I'm afraid you've reversed it: I actually care MORE about punctuation when I'm
gettin' some. In fact, proper punctuation actually turns me on a little. No, I tell a lie: it turns me
on a lot. What can I say, I'm just a naughty school-teacher at heart.
Aw yeah, a man who knows the proper use of a semicolon is what gets my motor revvin'. Yowza.
Whoever put up the local Ritz Camera sign--"Find the camera thats right for you"--is clearly too depressed to work. Diagnosis: lack of hot editrix loving.
PS to the brave anon: "little," "tolerance," and "Merriam-Webster online." Spell-check is like deodorant, a courtesy to those with whom you interact.
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i'm pleased to no end upon finding out that proper grammar and punctuation are a turn-on for others. in related news, hyphens are being removed from the OED, leaving the words either separated or compound without a hyphen. and then i found out that bumblebee WAS hyphenated (but no more).
the only un-sexy punctuation? the period.
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