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donutsweeper) wrote2012-03-19 10:36 pm
donutsweeper) wrote2012-03-19 10:36 pm
Proper punctuation is important
(An excerpt from Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by The Bloggess where she talks of some of her experiences working in the HR department.)
Today I interviewed someone who handed me a résumé saying that he’d worked at Helping Hand-Jobs. I choked on my own spit and couldn’t stop coughing. Later I showed it to the interviewer in the next office. She told me that her brother had worked there once but had quit because all the manual labor had given him heatstroke. After I started coughing again she realized my confusion and explained that it was actually named Helping-Hand Jobs and was a handyman service.
Never underestimate the power of punctuation, people.
Today I interviewed someone who handed me a résumé saying that he’d worked at Helping Hand-Jobs. I choked on my own spit and couldn’t stop coughing. Later I showed it to the interviewer in the next office. She told me that her brother had worked there once but had quit because all the manual labor had given him heatstroke. After I started coughing again she realized my confusion and explained that it was actually named Helping-Hand Jobs and was a handyman service.
Never underestimate the power of punctuation, people.
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(I wish I could use examples like this in class! Heh.)
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And it's so sad that so many people wouldn't even get it!
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