I'm curious to hear from any of you...what's up with that?


1. Do you not know it's considered to be yelling in online forums?
2. Do you work for the IRS? (The only people I know who want everything ALL CAPS)
3. Is your caps lock key broken?
4. Are you blissfully unaware that your posts are somehow different from others?
5. Are simply electing to be unique?

I mean, you are on the internet so you clearly have access to a system that's modern enough to have a full keyboard. Perhaps it's the by-product of utilizing a teletype machine or voice recognition software. I don't men to be insensitive, but it just seems like a crazy approach for posting in a MS forum, since I don't know of a single MS company that will allow an ALL CAPS submission.

Please enlighten me. Feel free to just reply with one of the above numbers or supply an ALL CAPS explanation.

I got a pm from one of these folks, after I posted something publicly to her about her all caps. She told me off for picking on her. I could care less. I was trying to HELP her. BUT SHE OBVIOUSLY DISAGREES (intentional use of all caps for emphasis.)

lol.
:-)

STEVE.....EXCELLENT TOPIC, of course I never do THAT!!!!!

With some people I really think they just do not know about the all caps/shouting thing. Maybe that goes with the blissfully unaware.

The all caps don't really bother me much. What really bugs me is those (and I don't think I've seen any on this forum) tHAt TyPe lIkE ThIs.

The crazy type that lisams is talking about definitely falls into category 5. I don't think someone can do that by accident.

I suspect the all caps posse is just unaware, but was hoping for a more respectable answer. It makes the possibility of increasing respect for MSers by MSCs that much harder when they are our peers.

lisams901 Wrote:
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> With some people I really think they just do not
> know about the all caps/shouting thing. Maybe that
> goes with the blissfully unaware.
>
> The all caps don't really bother me much. What
> really bugs me is those (and I don't think I've
> seen any on this forum) tHAt TyPe lIkE ThIs.


I don't do that but I will catch myself doing THis or WHere or something like it if it is the first word of a sentence or a name. I never learned to print in school so I have always printed in all CAPS. I always got comments on that.

WITH ALL THE THINGS THATS GOING ON IN THE WORLD-THE PLIGHT OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, VIOLENCE, ONLINE PROSTUTION OF MINORS AND CHILDREN, THE WAR IN IRAQ...

ARE WE MAKING A SOCIETY IDENTIFIED "TYPING IN CAPS MEANS YOUR SHOUTING," A NON POLITICAL CORRECT ISSUE. IS IT REALLY THAT SERIOUS? I MEAN HONESTLY WHAT THE BIG WHO HA ABOUT? IF ANY OF THOSE WHO ARE ANAL ABOUT THIS SITUATION--PERHAPS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE FROM MY GENERATION, A GENERATION THAT WAS VOID OF THIS TECHNO-DSL-ONLINE-INTERNET BROWSING SHOPPING TEXTING AND IMING PHENOM--IF ONE CHOSE TO REPLY TO SOMEONE-WHO IS NOT THE PRESIDENT, POPE OR GOD--IN ALL CAPS--I BELIEVE THAT WAS CALLE SOMEONE TYPING IN ALL CAPS--

can i not come off as if I were shouting even if i type in small caps or--In the grammatical correct way of writing a sentence?!

YES, THE MAJORITY OF US KNOWS THAT ALL CAPS IS AN ISSUE FOR SOME FOLKS...EVEN IN AN MEANINGLESS (IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS) AREANA SUCH AS THIS...BUT PERHAPS TYPING IN ALL CAPS IS JUST A PREFERENCE, OR A JUST BECAUSE...WE ARE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND HAVE THE COGNITIVE OR INTELLECTUAL GOD GIVEN ABILITY TO REPLY, AGREE, DISAGREE OR....WITH THIS ALL CAPS HOOPLA--DO WE NOT HAVE THE CHOICE TO SKIP OVER IT IF WE CHOOSES TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM THE SHOUTING OF MY RESPONCE...IS THIS NOW SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ADDED TO THE MILLION AND ONE PHOBIAS AND OR HAVE YOUR ALL CAPS ISSUE LOBBIED AND BANNED? IS THIS SOMETHING TO DISCUSS WITH OUR THERAPISTS OR SEEK OUT A THERAPY?
OTHER PRESSING ISSUES...

WE NEED A CURE, FOR AIDS, CANCER, BLINDNESS, STROKE VICTIMS, RACISM, CLASSISM, FEMINISM, AGEISUM AND ALL THE DAMN ISMS THAT CAN REALLY JACK UP SOMENE ONLINE READING EXPERIENCE...

GOING INTO 2010-WITH TWO WARS THAT APPEARS TO BE NEVER ENDING-FOR BOTH THOSE ABROAD OR FOR THOSE BACK HERE ON THE HOMEFRONT--THE POLICE BRUTALITY ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR--THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WHERE THERE OF TONS OF FOLKS LEFT BEHIND-BECAUSE PAYING FOR A UTILITY BILL IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAT PAYING FOR INTERNET ACCESS AND OR CABLE TV....THE CHILD TRAFFIKING, ABDUCTON AND MOLESTATION--CAN WE NOT USE THE GIFT OF EXPRESSION FOR A MORE WORTHY CAUSE--? WRITE A NOTES TO OUR POLITICIANS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, MEDIA AND ADDRESS ISSUES THAT CAN STAND SOME CHANGE...

LETS BE THANKFUL FOR OUR HEALTH-GRATEFUL FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN OVER SEAS-GRATEFUL FOR ANOTHER DAY ABOVE GROUND RATHER THAN BELOW GROUND--6FT OR MORE UNDER...
GIVEN the TIMES we live IN, ARE THERE NOT MORE SERIOUS ISSUES to address oTHER THAN big letters and small letters in a FOrum?

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ANAL ABOUT ABSOLUTLY NOTHING-
Happy Holidays!

ONENESS
SOPHIA
"NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL,
COMMITTED PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. INDEED,
IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS." MARGARET MEAD

IN THE RACE FOR EXCELLENCE THERE IS NO FINISH LINE.

'THE TRUE TEST OF COURAGE IS TO BE AFRAID AND TO
GO AHEAD AND DO IT ANYWAY--TO BE SCARED, TO HAVE
YOUR KNEES KNOCKING,BUT TO WALK ON IN THERE ANYWAY'--
OPRAH WINFREY

"POVERTY IS NOT NATURAL. IT IS MAN MADE AND CAN
BE OVERCOME BY THE ACTIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS. LET
US WORK TO MAKE POVERTY HISTORY THIS YEAR." NELSON MANDELA.
"IF THE LORD MADE ANYTHING BETTER THAN A WOMAN, HE KEPT IT FOR HIMSELF...-
JERRY LEE LEWIS




Oneness
Sophia

Lets be thankful for our health-grateful for our men and women over seas-grateful for another day above ground rather than below ground--6ft or more under....

The above post just lost me.

And was not worth the 'journey' in any event.

It was not, Flash, it was not. And, I doubt that the world is going to be changed by those who only type in upper case, because not enough people are willing to read the entirety of their missives. That said, the writer is correct that there are bigger issues on the planet. But the use of upper case alone did not make the post easily legible or their logic trail less nonsensical.



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Flash and Dee, I am in complete agreement with you both. And, sadly I now have a headache from the squinting required to get through that incomprehensible mess.

For what it's worth - I agree, upper or lower case takes a backseat to disease, poverty, war and the other ills of the world. Animal abuse is one cause that tugs at my heart and purse strings. Just didn't think of mentioning it here.

Ratishiq obviously has strong feelings regarding this matter. Shoppers are not engaging in this forum to bring about world peace, feed the hungry or find cures for diseases.

We're here to support and guide one another through mystery shopping and all it involves. This may be from the perfunctory, such as grammatical requirements, to the more specific how to's.

While I agree there are more pressing problems, an ALL CAPS rant in a nuclear disarmament or AIDS research forum would be disregarded just as quickly.

We need to work together to better all of the problems in this world, and communication is the key to that.

Despite all of the problems in this world, it still turns each day, and sunglasses need to be purchased and returned, so many of us are here to make the mystery shopping 'world' a better place. The posters above do an admirable job at that.

I'll consider the post by Ratishiq to be another vote for category 5!

I'm just grateful that this forum doesn't allow funky colors and weird fonts. Those are even harder to read than all caps!

I tried to read the all caps post above, but alas, between the all caps and poor grammar, I finally gave up.

It is quite interesting that many of the companies I have done work for have to emphasize the fact that we need to use proper sentence structure and grammar. Then go on to instruct that reports and comments cannot be typed in all caps.

It makes me wonder what some people learned while in school. I was taught, beginning in Elementary School how to write properly. I can remember my fifth grade teacher marking red all over my paper because I was beginning to stylize my handwriting. In my High School English 1 class, we diagrammed sentences. Business English is just using proper English.

I've been contemplating returning to school and becoming teacher, I just might do that. If it helped one person to improve their life skills it would be worth it.



"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." - - Leo Buscaglia

I enjoy reading and writing. Loved diagramming sentences in high school. It's no longer widely taught in English classes.

Maybe grammar from a member's post doesn't mirror the grammar on the report entered by the shopper?

Mert Wrote:
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> I enjoy reading and writing. Loved diagramming
> sentences in high school. It's no longer widely
> taught in English classes.
>
> Maybe grammar from a member's post doesn't mirror
> the grammar on the report entered by the shopper?


I also loved diagramming sentences in high school. I also enjoyed a writing class that was an elective my Jr.year in college. I learned ways of writing in that class I still remember and use doday.

I have often wondered if the way some post are written here is the way the reports are written when it counts with a MSC.

Deech Wrote:
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> I have often wondered if the way some post are
> written here is the way the reports are written
> when it counts with a MSC.


Unfortunately, my guess is yes. That explains many of the lame instructions we sometimes get from MSC's.

L O L !

One of the more depressing components of my former scheduling job was going through the new applications each week, since they required narrative samples.

It left me with a rather poor impression of the writing abilities that many potential shoppers posses.

Those who post here are generally the 'cream of the crop'.

Why thank you, Steve! :-)

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BigGeorge is lewd and should be deactivated.

This post was in response to HReid's ridiculous sniper rant. He has been deactivated and had his posts removed. As such, I deleted it.



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