iF YoU don't like It

AddieCake

Oh, good. I'm so glad you said something. Nobody has ever told other users they are nasty before, so it's high time someone did. You, I'm sure, have changed the course of TK messageboards forever. The thousands of women, and all the different personalities interacting here, will surely all fall in line to do things they way you prefer them. 

Did you bring any cake to this party?

Dreamergirl8812

T,Hankins said:

Some of you ladies are just plain old nasty, you comment on punctuation if you do not like how my post are written don't respond. Some people are using smart phone s with very small keys i am tired of you bullies,our school system teaches children not to be bullies as well as english guess you won't waste your time teaching your children that.Every day is a bad day for some of you.What would William Shakespeare say about the way we write today. I am a RN with a B.S. in psychology and while. You were busy using the correct punctuation i was saving lives.DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF BE NICER LIFE IS TO sHORt

wajohnson09

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Chipmunk415

Highly amused. Nearly snorted water out of my nose and all over the new case I'm working on.

Side note- isn't proper punctuation important in medicine and nursing too? So you ensure you only give 1.0 ccs of morphine drip as opposed to 10.0 ccs, for example? I know with my Dad's medical practice, punctuation and proper spelling/grammar was highly important in his reports, both out of professionalism and due to having to deal with friggin lawyers :-) Mom's a nurse too- she's always been big on proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling regardless of the situation.

Second side note- my smart phone has small keys too. I still go back and delete/edit before sending a text in order to have proper grammar/spelling/punctuation.

maryemoo

ElcaB said:

I have to say, I do think bullying is an issue in this day and age. However, I did read a blog that basically said people are oversensitive about it and in the blogger's day, bullying meant pulling hair, giving wedgies, and constant pressure --- none of this "I'm getting bullied because someone corrected my grammar/made fun of my glasses/[insert ridiculous act here]."

The blogger had a point.

THANK. YOU. Let me describe here some of the ways I was bullied on a regular basis as a child:
-Rocks thrown at my head.
-Pushed down and kicked/stepped on
-Hit/punched
-Hair pulled
-Dirt thrown at/on me
Not to mention the horrible, nasty things the kids would say. So to OP and any lurkers, quit using the word bullying unless you're actually being fucking bullied. Someone disagreeing with you or asking you to type legibly doesn't cut it!

Also, the smart phone excuse is BS. I have a smart phone. It CORRECTS bad spelling/punctuation. 

AddieCake

Indeed. You make a mockery of anyone who was ever ACTUALLY bullied when you call bully b/c someone disagreed with you or dropped an f bomb in your direction. I'm sorry for your experiences, @maryemoo.

Chipmunk415

I should add on about the bullying. Let's see, some of the highlights...

1) the boys who threw paper balls at me out the window off the back of the bus as I walked home from school.

2) The boy who spit on me at least twice.

3)The girl who dumped stuff on my head.

4) The girls who constantly tormented me about my weight and looks.

5) The girls who spread rumors around the school that I was promiscuous and sexually active (I wasn't)

6) The girls who spread rumors I was pregnant (despite being a virgin).

7) Hair pulling, face punching, sand in the eyes, all because 1 girl was mad I couldn't attend her birthday party and told another girl lies about me.

8) Getting set up for a date ending in massive embarrassment.

9) Being pulled into the principal's office for allegedly attacking a girl when my sole comment was to ask her to leave me alone and that I didn't appreciate her calling me names.

10) The cheerleader who repeatedly pretended to cough and call me "Slut" when I passed by her.

11) The girls who apologized to me solely due to the requirement that they make amends with those they had wronged for the purpose of their Confirmation to their Church. The behavior began again right after.

12) The boys who made fun of me a) for being interested in non popular sports and b) being in an 11th grade science course while in the 10th grade (one of them contacted me 3 years later apologizing for his obnoxious, rude behavior and begging my forgiveness)

13) The TEACHER who made me the class whipping child and repeatedly humiliated me. She tried the same thing 6 years later with my little sister in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program.

 

I've since moved away from that town. The majority of those who bullied me and made fun of my academic focus are in jail, on welfare, or working jobs that cause them to live paycheck to paycheck. I think the best thing I can do to show these people who tried to hurt me that I rose above their behavior is to be successful in my goals and live a happy life. I won't shove it in their faces at the 1 or 2 reunions I go to, but I'll be so happy I'm Mary Freakin Poppins!

KatWAG

photokitty said:

HisGirlFriday13 said:

Clearly whatever system from which you allegedly acquired your degree from does not, in fact, teach English. I say 'allegedly' because I think you're lying; no one can have the level of education your purport to have and write as badly as you do. Assuming, arguendo, that you DO have such a degree, how do you not kill people with your bad grammar? I mean, the way you write makes what you write nearly impossible to understand, so I imagine there are lots of medical mistakes when you're working. ETA: fix typo

HisGirlFriday13, seriously? 

Do you ever scroll through Facebook and read the posts of people you you met while in college? 

Many of my friends, who I know for a fact have bachelors and masters degrees, use poor grammar on social media - which I would liken to this forum. 

I'm not saying we shouldn't all practice proper grammar, but I do believe the OP when she says she has a degree. 

This seems boarder line personal attack - especially suggesting she is killing patients. Have you seen how most doctors write? 

The only thing I have noticed about how doctors write, is the overall poor penmanship. And penmanship has nothing to do with grammar.

I agree with @hisgirlfriday. If the OP can't string a basic sentence together, how is she going to be able to carry out a doctor's order?

Chipmunk415

I've 5 doctors in my family and a nurse. All of them are careful to use legible handwriting in orders and scripts. It's just not worth the lawsuit otherwise. My brother (financial guy), brother in law (pilot) uncle (scientist), and coworker (lawyer) have way worse handwriting. All those named have great grammar skills. Must have been all that parochial schooling.*

*I went to FL public schools, and managed to develop good grammar and rules of english language. We used some method in 4th grade (Sharon? Susie? It started with an "s") for grammar and english. I still remember some of the jingles- "Preposition, preposition, starting with a 'b'- before behind below, beneath beside between" Anyone recognize it?

maryemoo

Chipmunk415      The Shirley Method! Yes! We had a whole workbook about it, I still remember most of the jingle! Ours started with A: aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at!

Chipmunk415

@maryemoo, I remember the A's too! Just the first part to pop into my head was the "B" section. Shirley method, gaaah!