Coworkers at play:
"Ahh! This customer is giving me a stroke!"
"You have strokes, you don't get given strokes."
And mere seconds later, "And you get a stroke! And you get a stroke! Everybody gets a stroke!"
"Dude, if I could give people strokes, I'd be firing up my Amazon gift list and sending them to everybody I know."
"Are you tired of having strokes at random, without the ability to plan for them! Now you can get a stroke at your convenience! Give them to your friends!"
I think they're getting a little punchy.
And I am twelve cause my brain read "giving strokes" in a very dirty way.
Lol Suzi! And yes that definitely sounds punch drunk!!
It's so pretty outside today here and I do not want to be indoors in meetings but I am.
Also had someone email me at 1130pm to say "I got the tracker but can you update X part of it?" (Not easy it's a very complex tracker which is ridiculous for tsnown reasons). He emailed me again at 1130am to ask where it was. I'd been in meetings for his project from 9-1130. Jesus dude.
We have a requirement only for the cardiology journal that if we're going to change the title in ANY way (that includes spelling out something that was abbreviated), we have to email the editor-in-chief of the journal as well as the managing editor and our own coordinator, with a detailed description of why we are "proposing to change" the title.
My dude, I am editing according to the gotdamn AMA Style Manual, and if it says that abbreviations should be spelled out in titles, then why in the hell do I have to email you about it?
Literally, my email said "I am proposing this title change because our guidelines as explained in the AMA Style Manual (page whatever) state that abbreviations are to be spelled out in titles, and this title contains an abbreviation."
That is some serious micromanaging bullshit there. If you don't know what your own publication's style manual says, maybe you aren't qualified to be editor of that publication.
Teppy, sounds like a pile of CYA to me. Ugh.
My BFF got into the nursing program! She has applied 3 or 4 times before and didn't get in for a variety of reasons. But she has been knocking down gen ed courses and is currently getting her advanced EMT. She got the notice today and I hate that I'm not near enough to bring her flowers or booze or even just a hug. I'm so flipping happy for her!
Was about to head to pool but looks like a nasty thunderstorm headed our way. Waiting to see when it hits....
Aaand it's going to completely miss us. And I've committed to other things. Meh.
Steph, that's for sure some micromanaging bullshit. You shouldn't have to get permission or alert anyone to edit to style.
The EIC of the otolaryngology journal sent an email about 6 months ago, using lots of all-caps and bold font (and possibly even highlighted font) saying that if ANY editor asked an author to provide P values, he wanted to be alerted IMMEDIATELY. (Apparently P values aren't as important as the hard data, which I understand, but the clear implication is that if any of the peon editors are stupid enough to ask for them, heads will roll.)
I'm glad that I never have to meet these EICs, because overall they come across like giant dicks. (The EIC of the dermatology is famous for loathing the freelance staff -- JUST the freelance staff -- and no one will tell me why. But the one time I had an email exchange with her, it was quite pleasant. Maybe she didn't realize I was a freelancer.)
