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HokieinTampa

Joined: 11/27/2007 Posts: 9925
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Yep, I totally get what you're saying. Two things though...


1. I work for a global engineering company. A lot of this was worded with that in mind. I can't have nuance or regional dialect or inflection. I've made my career on being able to take technical jargon and make it user friendly.

2. I actually REALLY like the person who did this, which puts me in quite the pickle. You're right... she's just trying to help, no doubt. Rather than calling her up and letting her know what I thought of her unsolicited edits, I decided I'd take 20+ years of people unnecessarily changing my words into a lounge post.

I appreciate all responses, whether they be in jest or not. I feel better and it saved me from punching a wall.

(In response to this post by WestyHokie)

Posted: 02/08/2018 at 10:57AM



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