Okay, that's it. That's FUCKING it.
I just got an e-mail back from Group President, which was delightfully condescending and rude. Allow me, if you will, to quote some choice bits:
As to the "look", we as a group needs something that reaches out and not just informs you, but grabs you and brings you in. That concept helps to serve the dual goal of marketing, and informing, in one document. The "look", whatever that is, is the "first impression" that says, "I must read this," vs.ok, it's the newsletter.
The image I and the board wants and I hope all the rest of the members want as well, is to portray a vibrant, inclusive, cutting age group, who is moving forward.
Your newsletter design was fine. No one ever used the term, "bad" or "un-professional", those were your terms, certainly not ours. I do understand, your disappointment, that your efforts were not seen as the perfect answer for the group, and that they had gone unchallenged. I however had that occur to me yesterday about ten or more times as well on different levels, but I don't take it personally. That's just life.
On a purely personal level, I would ask that you please take into consideration that you have taken great license with rewriting my articles, even going so far as to change the actual intent of my writing from time to time. I have not so quietly privately gritted my teeth in reading your changes. I have however allowed you to do so in some cases where I thought your changes had merit.
(Please note: I don't fucking RE-WRITE people's articles. I *edit* them, which sometimes require re-wording, especially when they read like Rain Man wrote them, but I DON'T FUCKING RE-WRITE THEM.)
I'm SO out of there.
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And when I draft the e-mail, I will be SURE to tell him that people quitting committees is "just life."
There has to be a degree of softness to both the meatball and the bread
Exactly! The bread was too crusty and biting into it forced the whole thing like a lever. Also, the meatballs shoulda coulda been cut in half so they were less rolly.
I can't tell you how many sandwiches get the bread wrong. It's like the chef doesn't bother to actually eat the sandwich they've concocted to ensure that the item works as a foodstuff. There's engineering involved!
I'm SO out of there.
That seems advisable. What an ass-tard he is. I suggest mocking him at length.
cutting age group, who is moving forward.
Aside from the poor sentence construction, "cutting age"? So like, 14-18 year olds?
I think his criminal misuse of commas would be enough to make me dislike him even if he weren't acting like a whiny self-entitled twat.
I'm SO out of there.
Good idea. You so don't need that b.s. in your life.
Oh come on - don't be so hard on the guy. This is quite nice of him:
I have however allowed you to do so in some cases where I thought your changes had merit.
Condescending bastard.
I also think his use of the awkward, "The look I and the board want" instead of "The look the board and I want" speaks volumes.
I also think his use of the awkward, "The look I and the board want" instead of "The look the board and I want" speaks volumes.
Careful there, DJ -- you're re-writing his precious baby words! Perhaps he won't allow you to do that!
Aside from the poor sentence construction, "cutting age"? So like, 14-18 year olds?
I think his criminal misuse of commas would be enough to make me dislike him even if he weren't acting like a whiny self-entitled twat.
I think all y'all can tell just from those snippets why his writing requires editing that's a little more than just running spellcheck. And yet apparently that's a grievous sin.
This is the guy who uses commas instead of periods for ellipses.
Feel my pain.
