Whoops!!
The originator of this set of 'boo-boos' will remain anonymous. Unless they feel like contacting the Webmaster to confess!
Let's face it, we've all done it. The pressure to get the document out on time meant you cut corners, didn't get the draft reviewed - you merely sent it out. True, the draft went out on time, but as you wipe the perspiration from your tired brow, lean back in the chair and start to get a slight feeling of smugness, a little voice of doubt says to you, "Perhaps you should have a look at what you've done?". Now at this point I should point out that one of the prime policies of fate states, "faults are always highlighted, no matter the size or quantity of any positive achievements"; so the very first page you turn to, the very first paragraph you look at, a glaring error leaps out at you - OH NO! DID I WRITE THAT?!!!
Well the good thing about making mistakes is that we learn from them (I hope!).
So here are a few great mistakes then, perhaps, all of us might learn something.
And they say confession is good for the soul, so here's a confession of mine:
Whilst writing a guide for managers that explained how a new work practice
could be agreed with local unions, my mind must have been elsewhere. What
should have read:
'...the following lines are an example of material that may be included
in the letter to union representatives'
actually went out in the draft as
'...the following lies are an example of material that
may be included in the letter to union representatives'
That's the trouble with relying on spell-checkers. Unfortunately it
was the client that first noticed the error!
Well I feel better for having confessed. Now it's your turn. Send in any
slips you find to the ISTC and I'll give the best of them a mention. They
may be 'typos' or from obvious confusion, Freudian slips or others...which
reminds me, who that wrote the rather lustful statement in an office manual:
'Our aim is, therefore, to create a desire in all our managers...' |
