Minor office drama (senior, occupation, workplace, issues)

[MPowering1]

Originally Posted by AguaDulce

Not a bad idea!

I think the poster was kidding and hope you are. You could find yourself violating some policy if you were to do this.

You owed her an apology and you offered her one. Let it go.

[AnotherTouchOfWhimsy]

I do dumb things like that sometimes. Just let it go and don't say anything else about it. Next time maybe she'll proofread before hitting "send."

Signed,

Grammar Police Union Member

[BobCaldwell]

Originally Posted by nobodysbusiness

Just let it go. You didn't do anything wrong - she did.

Why do you feel the need to kiss her ass?

I, too, wonder why. Go along to get along?

[AguaDulce]

Originally Posted by MPowering1

I think the poster was kidding and hope you are. You could find yourself violating some policy if you were to do this.

You owed her an apology and you offered her one. Let it go.

Yep. I was just kidding.

[silibran]

You did your best to make amends. Whenever you can, support her. Have her back. I think she will ultimately see you in a more positive light.

If she never forgets, never gets over, and treats you poorly in spite of your efforts, just know that she is that type of person, and there is nothing you can do about it. It really is her problem.

Stuff like this happens. People disappoint. We all make mistakes.

[hunterseat]

If it's her job to generate & distribute documents to your organization I would expect zero typos.

I don't think you owed her an apology.

She needs to be more professional all the way around.

[MPowering1]

Originally Posted by hunterseat

If it's her job to generate & distribute documents to your organization I would expect zero typos.

I don't think you owed her an apology.

She needs to be more professional all the way around.

I would expect zero typos, as well, but she doesn't report to the OP and as bad as the mistakes are, it's impolite to point them out - and bad form when you've just started a job.

[blueherons]

She's a moron for distributing something riddled with typos. What probably happened is that multiple people pointed out her typos.

Let it die down and forget it.

Chalk it up to occupational hazard.

[Taffee72]

Originally Posted by hunterseat

If it's her job to generate & distribute documents to your organization I would expect zero typos.

I don't think you owed her an apology.

She needs to be more professional all the way around.

This is what I thought as well. I don't even understand why you had to apologize, unless you said something really demeaning about the preparer of the document and the typos. She should be glad you pointed out her mistakes, so she has a chance to fix them for the next version.

[Tzaphkiel]

I don't see that you did anything wrong.
If something is distributed about the company, for use by employees of the company, as a company resource, then it represents the company. And so it seems reasonable to have it without errors, and it seems normal and natural for people to point out edits or corrections that are needed.

So I don't see that you did anything wrong. When i distribute things like that, i dont mind getting feedback about corrections that need to be made. the more eyes the better.

now if it was correcting something at work that was "personal" or not related to work, such as announcement for someone's retirement party, or congratulating someone for receiving an award, then it could be seen as inappropriate to point out errors. but that was not the case.

i think it's a great skill to be able to proofread. i worked for years as an editor, and in my current job as administrative support, i am the go-to person for proofreading and checking for errors. it is a good skill to have.