monster sarcasm rally

at 10:20  Martin Locock said...
A management consultant writes:
It is clear that your organisation is a bit confused about your role. I supsect that when they decided they needed an e-editor it was seen as a technical function: they send you stuff, you put it on the website. You have (with or without encouragement?) developed this role into actually checking the standard of the content. Because you are outside the main power hierarchy (ie you can criticise anybody, if even it's been approved by their boss), nobody knows how far you must be obeyed. Although this seems like YOUR problem, it's not: whoever decided your post was needed needs to tell everyobdy else what the rules are and whether you should have the right to veto badly-written content.

The danger would be that they say "No, we don't want an editor, we want a robot to push a button". Or rather, "Know, we do'nt wont an editor: we want a Robot".

On a pragmatic level, many people are insecure about their writing ability and hate being corrected even if they know they are wrong. Some may say "Thanks for stopping me showing off my lack of grammatical knowledge", but most won't. They'll sulk.

See my forthcoming book: Seven Disgusting Habits of Ineffective People, and how to cure them.

at 11:30  Anonymous said...
Six points to the Saint!!!!

Excellent work! Beer Bad is in fact the title of the episode he mentioned.

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