Steph, the list starts out a,b,c,d and I bet her brain skips the rest of it and doesn't see what's wrong. Try saying "g and h cannot come before f. Alphabetical order is required."
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Or just keep repeating "They need to be in alphabetical order." Over and over.
Or throat punch her.
I'd be in jail already if I had to do Teppy and Zen's job. No lie.
Saints. All y'all.
"asked and answered"
I'd be in jail already if I had to do Teppy and Zen's job. No lie.
Maria is me. By this point I would be tempted to send a link to a Sesame Street video where they're singing the alphabet.
I was recently copyediting a document that contains a list of sponsors for a conference. Whoever put the list together somehow managed to move a bunch of cities around - as in, Austin, GA; Atlanta, PA; and so on. The ones I spotted I googled to make sure I had the correct state, but I didn't have time to search on all of them ... I referred it to a higher authority and went on to something else.
I feel validated! I'd lose what's left of my mind if I had to do one of y'all's jobs that involve money and/or math.
Have I told the story of when one of my friends had a client who insisted that 10% of anything was always 10? Because 100% is the whole thing, and 10% of 100 is 10, therefore 10% is always 10! Easy!
The author finally emailed back (I swear this is an actual quote) "Oh! The footnotes have to be in order in the table!"
YES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TABLE I DON'T EVEN
But at least she says she understands, so it should be off my plate. Now I just have to get through this dreaded board meeting. The secretary emailed the agenda earlier and I wanted to stab myself in the face just from reading it. (Definitely a sign I need to be off the board.)
Oh! Maybe I should download the cat game for the board meeting!