beatlesfan1964 Wrote:
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> I wonder if the editors have to do a shop to see
> what we face. I have done many USPS shops at the
> same 4 stations and write essentially the same
> report every time and will
> get 10's, 9's and an occasional 8. I just don't
> get it.
Most schedulers and editors started out as shoppers and many, including myself, will still do them. I've got two tomorrow that are fun, fun, fun!
I do that same USPS shop and have gotten 10s but one 9 for "a run-on sentence". First, when I saw that explanation, I checked my narrative, which I always save, and there was no run-on sentence. The anal part of me wanted to write the editor and ask seriously? But I let it go. As an editor, I would never knock someone down an entire grade for a single run-on sentence. To go from great (7) to a good (6) requires multiple minor errors, not majorly so but certainly more than a couple.
Sandra Sue Wrote:
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> Pet Peeve: music playing at a business
> establishment.
>
> I don't want to hear anyone else's music. With
> all the portable music these days, customers can
> hear their own.
>
> There is no way an employee is totally on task if
> there is music blaring, which leads me to the
> second part of my pet peeve: Worse than the music
> blaring is the employee "singing" or "dancing"
> along.
That would be me dancing and singing along. God bless that they do have music, too. Not every customer walks around with their iPods plugged in and from an employee's standpoint that music really helps the day go by faster than it being dead quiet. They certainly can't plug in while on the sales floor. Since I have an eclectic taste in music, I can like just about anything a store plays.