What's My Job Title???

Editor in Chief ????

Is that my job ?!?!?

No.

Though apparently some around here apparently thinks it is.

UGH.

There’s this employee…

And she has a good position here…

And she has her little bachelor’s degree….

And she’s currently working on her little MBA…

And, yes, she’s a nice enough person…

BUT !

She can’t put a f-ing sentence together ! ! ! ! !

Forget college, HOW did she graduate high school?!?!?!?!

This girl (and I’ll call her a girl because she’s like 12 and is a bit on the immature side) works directly for my boss….

And shortly after she started at the company it became grossly apparent to him that she was lucky to have been able to fill out the job application by herself !

So what do we do ?

I go to her office (yes, the child has an OFFICE) and I sit with her and give her a Writing 101 lesson in the hopes that she’ll catch on….

(I mean, I DID hold a Teaching Assistant position during my freshman year of college for a writing class . . . so I must not suck, right ?)

Yeah.

Didn’t quite catch on.

(I should’ve known when she asked me what the word “haste” meant !)

So then we send her to WRITING SEMINARS !

And we though that worked.

APPARENTLY NOT !
Not according to this slop she sent to my in-box to “proof” !

In all fairness, I know writing isn’t everyone’s strong suit. And I know that business writing can be tricky for some. But COME ON. The mistakes being made are purely out of lack of effort or lack of brain power ! This is basic stuff here !

Run on sentences…

Lack of proper punctuation…

Attempting to use words that I’m sure she has no clue what their definitions are !

It’s like she doesn’t READ what she’s writing !

It baffles my mind that she could’ve written this mess, read it over and thought to herself “YUP ! This sounds GOOD !”.

Her writing lacks professionalism !

HELL !

The girl cannot convey a complete thought ! ! !

Most times you are left to guess what the hell she’s referring to !

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH ! ! ! ! !

So here I am…

Using the black line option on the computer to make the changes to her document…

Which, incidentally, I’m shredding to bits and re-writing for her.

If I had any intention of staying at this job for an extended period of time I’d say something and fight it.

But that’s not the case here and it does provide a distraction.

As annoying a distraction as it is…

I’m literally pulling my hair out as I go over her “masterpiece” and, after deciphering what she means, putting it into a clear, concise format.

At least lunch isn’t too far off.

And she’s not here to be “offended” by my red strikethroughs and green underlined substitutions !