Tuesday, October 14, 2008

That Bitch

"Introducement" is not a word. Yelling across the store to put your supervisor on the spot about a job is not welcome. Talking on the phone to your significant other or texting them throughout the entire day is not acceptable.

You were let go. You lost us money by not using the system correctly. You know why you lost money? Because you would not listen to my advice on how to fill in correct information. No, I am not being superior. I took the time to learn the program and trained myself. I was there three weeks to your two months and I knew more. You never listened. You always cut me off when I was speaking to you because "you know". If you knew, you wouldn't have been such a loser.

Now, you are jobless, not because there isn't anything for you, but because you are a terrible worker. You lie your way out of work. You are lazy, manipulative and you steal. We used to buy supplies almost twice a month. Since you left in June we have only needed to go once. You are pathetic. Another reason you are jobless is because of your big, fat, obnoxious mouth. You couldn't shut your mouth long enough whilst bad mouthing us to learn that the position had been filled. You talked all kinds of shit about me and my family to another employer in the same company. Did it not EVER occur to you that two people in the same company talk? You talked smack and now you don't have a job. Hmmm...maybe you ought to rethink your position.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Grammar

I am not so uppity that I look down my nose at every person's grammatical errors. In fact, yes I know it is hard to believe, but I make them myself. I end sentences with prepositions, I confuse verb usage sometimes and I have even used punctuation incorrectly. These, to me, are every day issues that can happen to anyone when tired, multi-tasking, etc. My issues are with the English language and where we have gone wrong.

The thing that irks me the most is "On tomorrow" or "On yesterday". It is like nails on a chalkboard for me. I have even corrected grammar to people I don't know...even customers!!! That is how much it aggravates me. If someone said "on Tuesday", or "on Sunday", that would be fine. Those are proper nouns and can be used in a prepositional phrase. It doesn't even sound correct. Like a hiccup in a sentence or a bump in the flow of speech. I cannot understand how children have gone to school for at LEAST 12 years and NOT ever been corrected.

This brings me to my next point about the decline in the English language. Have you ever used or heard the phrase "gotta give him props"? How about saying your words that end in -er and make them sound like -ah? It is the uneducated masses that have issues with enunciating or pronouncing words correctly. Maybe they misunderstood someone at one time and really think that is how you say the words. I doubt it, but I will not count it out. But then, these ill used phrases, turn into everyday language. Intelligent and educated people start speaking this way. It is crazy! How is it that we take our slang from the uneducated masses and not from well respected professors, doctors or lawyers? Why do we have to dumb down America?