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I need rot report an scheduler ASAP how do I do that? The company is CIRRUS INTELLIGENCE.

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Go to the website and look for contact info?

I’m so curious? Did they hit on you?

People on these forums still working for this company? I am shocked.

Based on the original poster's poor grammar, whatever the scheduler did was likely justified.

If you "need not report" an (sic) scheduler, why are you asking about reporting a scheduler?

@mjt9598 wrote:

Based on the original poster's poor grammar, whatever the scheduler did was likely justified.

I just love the people who share on this site and NEVER make you feel like you are the scam of the earth. Thank you to the people that told me about Grammarly

Can we get some tea on what happened? For research purposes.

Make sure the scheduler isnt the owner cos then it would be kinda pointless

Cirrus, if I am not mistaken, has an outside firm schedule its shops. Complain to the management of the scheduling company and to Cirrus, if you wish.

Before you do, however, read the various threads about Cirrus on this forum to learn what you are up against.

Also be aware that scheduling, editing, project managing, and accounts payable are separate functions. Be sure that your issue is with the scheduler.

Boo, hiss to all grammar police, whomever and wherever they may be, now and forever.

@bmttinman wrote:

Thank you to the people that told me about Grammarly

Please don't rely on Grammarly as the be-all and end-all of correct grammar and spelling. I removed it from my computer because it often doesn't know what it's doing. I had to continually ignore its work! I think it's Grammarly that doesn't understand what a semi-colon is or how to use it. Or maybe that's spell-check. They're both almost worthless except as a very quick check. You still need to manually proofread.

Instead, I'd suggest buying either the "Chicago Manual of Style" or the AP Style Guide for guidelines on correct punctuation, usage, and so on.

Also, the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) is very good for looking up answers to common usage questions. You kind of have to really know what to ask, but if you do (e.g., how to notate date and time), it's a fabulous resource. And very accurate--more so than Grammarly.

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2022 02:16AM by BirdyC.

Grammarly works just fine for mystery shopping BirdyC…… this is not a college essay.

Let's eat grandpa! Let's eat, Grandpa!

My fingers type interesting words and phrases sometimes. It is not all bad. When they (and the rest of me) wake up, we have a good laugh about whatever was expressed.

@OP: I have done much worse, much sillier, and much more egregious things with letters on a keyboard. While typing a formal communication on the phone, I said there was no nerd for something. That was the most recent. I hope the recipient didn't interpret that as calling then names. Hang in there!

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2022 07:22PM by Shop-et-al.

@CANADAMOMMY wrote:

Grammarly works just fine for mystery shopping BirdyC…… this is not a college essay.

But when Grammarly is wrong, as it often is.... No; we're not writing at college level, but our grammar and spelling need to be at least correct. Correct?

E.g., both Grammarly and spell-check often don't get possessives right, flag correct usage as incorrect, insist on commas when semicolons should be used, sometimes can't identify clauses that require opening and closing commas, don't notate times correctly, and so on. This is just simple, basic stuff.

Now, I haven't used it in years; maybe it's been improved since then. It sorely needed it.

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2022 02:08PM by BirdyC.

Based on feedback I've received, I think editors like reports that are written in simple declarative sentences. Many of them don't seem to know what a semicolon is or how to use it properly.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt

@KathyG wrote:

Based on feedback I've received, I think editors like reports that are written in simple declarative sentences. Many of them don't seem to know what a semicolon is or how to use it properly.

Or how to form a singular possessive vs. a plural possessive. Heck, people who write the guidelines for many of these companies don't even seem to know what a possessive is. I'm so tired of seeing things like, "Evaluate the employees performance" or, How does this companies product selection compare to it's competitors?"

(I snuck another drives-me-crazy error in there. LOL.)

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2022 02:45AM by BirdyC.

I don't know how many times I've written, "The clerk said hell when I entered." I think I caught them all. I think.

Sometimes you just have to move on as that scheduler may work for several companies. Like putting on your big girl patties. This happens.

"big girl patties"
Hahahaha

My vocabulary is more extensive than spell-check's.

And I hate auto-correct! The first text I ever sent was to my daughter, and said "I am in Salt Lake City." What she got? "I am in alcohol."

She posted it on Facebook with the LOL note that she and mom were gonna have years of fun.....

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/2022 11:28PM by ceasesmith.

@ceasesmith wrote:

My vocabulary is more extensive than spell-check's.

And I hate auto-correct! The first text I ever sent was to my daughter, and said "I am in Salt Lake City." What she got? "I am in alcohol."

This. IMO, spell-check is only good as a very quick check to pick up blatant errors, but since it often flags correct usages as incorrect, we still have to use our own logic! It's surprising when people say, "But I used spell-check. How could it be wrong?" Well, if you've got a couple of hours, I'll tell ya!

And the second is why people need to proofread before hitting "submit." But I swear, I've done that, and somewhere between my hitting "send" or "submit," auto-correct changes a word and what appears on the page is *not* what I typed. I've been appalled at what has apparently come off of my fingertips.

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

It's not like I don't make enough typos on my own.... I don't need "help" from auto-"correct."

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

I wushvthis message board had auticorrect, and you csn see why in thus sentence.

@KathyG wrote:

Based on feedback I've received, I think editors like reports that are written in simple declarative sentences. Many of them don't seem to know what a semicolon is or how to use it properly.

I stopped using semicolons after an ACL editor told me not to use semicolon in my report!

Not my circus - Not my monkeys @(*.*)@

~Polish Proverb~

Semicolons are much maligned; a little ditty that follows is more or less well designed.

"At a comma, stop a little; at a semicolon, somewhat more."
~ Richard Hodges,The English Primrose, (1644)

I found this online at ThoughtCo. At the ThoughtCo website, it is acceptable to punctuate with semicolons in order to avoid the full stop of a period between independent clauses.

Phew. Now, I get to follow their links to whatever they teach about Humanites, Science/Tech/Math, and Languages (besides the semicolon).

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/13/2022 02:12AM by Shop-et-al.

ok, this is fun.. but no one really answered the OP's question. And I'm not going to either. If I have a problem with a scheduler I don't schedule shops through them or with their name on them. I don't really know if there is an alternative.

And as for the grammar fun.. I use Microsoft Word. There are settings, and I don't remember how to get to them, it's always a guessing game every time they "upgrade" it. But I set it to college level 2nd year, and let it suggest all of the changes. I don't use all of the changes that it suggests, but it helps with sentence structure and keeping me from making run-on sentences. And it helps keep my comma usage in line.

I know this is not the answer you want, but there are a lot of companies out there. I am to the point where I don't touch anything from certain schedulers. There are some companies that will tell you in bold type in the guidelines to get in touch with your scheduler under certain circumstances; most respond and do their job like any other professional. A few do not, and there you are with a report to fill out that depends on them doing their designated job in the process as well. If any given is part of their job and we are working as a team, I expect them to do it. Although not specifically reported, I have noted in my own reports when a scheduler did not follow-up (after multiple attempts) as instructed on whatever in the shop guidelines.

Going forward, one such experience with multiple attempts to contact any given with an issue that is specifically per the shop guidelines, and I do not touch their shops with a ten-foot pole. You can't make somebody else do their job. However, as an independent contractor, you do not have to work with them, most especially when you end up getting burned on a shop because of it.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
"Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
-- Abraham Lincoln

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