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The Sample Narrative was Mine

October 30, 2017 05:18AM
I picked up a shop I swore off a few months ago and noticed the example they offer as a guideline had changed. So I'm reading thinking wow that seems kind of familiar... wait a minute that's exactly what happened on job x. That's my report! I thought it was kind of impressive till I began writing my new one. All my favorite adjectives and adverbs were in the other report as well as my style and flow. When I wrote my new narrative I struggled to have it not look like I had just copied the sample. It was so much more work!

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/30/2017 05:22AM by wwin.
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October 30, 2017 11:25AM
Too funny!

I had a similar experience - an email that I had sent to a car dealership ended up in the instructions as a sample email for future shops. I thought I had recognized my writing style, and went back to my "sent" items. The date and time of the email matched.

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October 30, 2017 11:29PM
Wow! In some circles that would be frowned upon. Since you are an independent contractor, I guess they own what you submit to them.

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October 31, 2017 12:12AM
Congratulations on writing a narrative that was so good it was stolen by a MSC. Unfortunately your pride of penmanship is no doubt over-ridden by the annoyance of having to re-write it. Now if the MSC only compensated you for your literary talents. Fat chance.
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November 01, 2017 09:04PM
That happened to me too, a few years ago. I just figured, hey I got it right.
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