We both started shopping about the same time, it looks like (though I technically had experience from several years ago as well). Yesterday I got a grade back on a shop that had the editor and I not already corresponded I would have thought was patronizing. In fact for a split moment I did. But then I realized she wasn't, she was just making absolutely sure I knew why I got the grade I did and how to fix it for the future. Tone is sometimes hard to convey, but because she and I had a couple of interactions prior to the grade, I knew she wasn't being as patronizing (or even angry sounding) as her scoring would have suggested.
I am NOT saying that your editors weren't rude. They may have been, but sometimes its because we have our own emotions at play. Very few of us take correction easily.
Kudos on not naming names. Vent away. I think most of us understand the frustrations that come about doing these jobs.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2017 12:00AM by leaiso.