OK, so this is the second time this has happened to me. This morning I completed a report except for the narrative. I saved the report but didn't submit it. I ate breakfast, went back to the report and completed the narrative. I then submitted it. After that, I checked my email, which I do several times per day. There was an email from the editor for this MSC telling me to write a narrative and back up all "no" answers. This had been sent prior to my submitting the report! So I was evaluated on a report that wasn't finished and hadn't been submitted. This happened a couple of years ago (different MSC). I was literally writing the last couple of sentences of my report, and all of a sudden it showed up as "received" in my shop log, before I'd finished and submitted it. I was in mid-sentence and couldn't complete it, since it was locked for editing. I emailed the scheduler, but was never allowed to finish it, and my grade was something like 8/10.
Now, on the shop from this morning, the comments the editor made are showing up as if I had submitted an incomplete report. I emailed her as soon as I saw her request for the narrative and explained that I hadn't submitted it when she reviewed it. The shop still showed up as "complete" for several hours after that, but now that it's "received," I think the comment should be removed. It looks like I didn't do my job right. I don't know if I should ask to have that comment removed or just let it go. It bothers me, though.
How does this happen? Do any of you who have done editing for MSCs know why an editor would access an unsubmitted report and complete a review when the report was clearly not finished?
I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.