Redundant Redundancy
The company I work at does background checks. I work as a proofreader. Part of the process of some background checks is verifying previous employments. Most of our clients have a short interview that accompanies the employment verification.
Almost all of the interviews ask the following 2 questions: "What was the subject's reason for leaving?" and "Is the subject eligible for rehire?" Now, of course, if the person is presently employed with the company, this question is pointless. But all questions need to have an answer filled out. Therefore, 9 times out of 10, our genius researchers write the answer to this question as: "The subject is still currently employed."
I am dumbfounded every time I see this. Of course, I change it because it is obviously the most annoyingly redundant phrase in the history of existence! Okay, maybe that's hyperbole, but when you see the phrase "still currently" (or sometimes "still presently") roughly a thousand times a day, it gets on your nerves.
So today I was having one of those "woke up on the wrong side of the bed" days. I woke up hungry. But there was no milk for cereal and I wasn't in the mood for chicken fingers just 30 minutes after waking up. Then I noticed it was grey and rainy, which is always annoying. Then I got an unpleasant text. Nothing bad, just unpleasant (relating to grumpy bandmates). To top it all off, I wouldn't be home in time to see Lost. So there I was with my day being pretty cruddy as I sat at work, not wanting to be there at all, PO'd that I didn't have any more paid time off to utilize as a "sick day."
But then I got a forward from Ivan (we work at the same company; he is one of the aforementioned dumbasses researchers [although Ivan is one of the smart ones, actually]) that contained a message from one of the training coordinators to the researchers regarding not using the phrase "still currently." The email detailed exactly how stupidly redundant that phrase is. I was overjoyed! And to top it all off, the email was written with a slightly demeaning tone. It was great. It was exactly what I needed to brighten my day!
I'm glad someone finally told those idiots meaningful information.
Unfortunately, Ivan brought my joy down a little bit when he pointed out that most of the researchers will likely ignore the email and continue to write that stupid redundancy.
Almost all of the interviews ask the following 2 questions: "What was the subject's reason for leaving?" and "Is the subject eligible for rehire?" Now, of course, if the person is presently employed with the company, this question is pointless. But all questions need to have an answer filled out. Therefore, 9 times out of 10, our genius researchers write the answer to this question as: "The subject is still currently employed."
I am dumbfounded every time I see this. Of course, I change it because it is obviously the most annoyingly redundant phrase in the history of existence! Okay, maybe that's hyperbole, but when you see the phrase "still currently" (or sometimes "still presently") roughly a thousand times a day, it gets on your nerves.
So today I was having one of those "woke up on the wrong side of the bed" days. I woke up hungry. But there was no milk for cereal and I wasn't in the mood for chicken fingers just 30 minutes after waking up. Then I noticed it was grey and rainy, which is always annoying. Then I got an unpleasant text. Nothing bad, just unpleasant (relating to grumpy bandmates). To top it all off, I wouldn't be home in time to see Lost. So there I was with my day being pretty cruddy as I sat at work, not wanting to be there at all, PO'd that I didn't have any more paid time off to utilize as a "sick day."
But then I got a forward from Ivan (we work at the same company; he is one of the aforementioned dumbasses researchers [although Ivan is one of the smart ones, actually]) that contained a message from one of the training coordinators to the researchers regarding not using the phrase "still currently." The email detailed exactly how stupidly redundant that phrase is. I was overjoyed! And to top it all off, the email was written with a slightly demeaning tone. It was great. It was exactly what I needed to brighten my day!
I'm glad someone finally told those idiots meaningful information.
Unfortunately, Ivan brought my joy down a little bit when he pointed out that most of the researchers will likely ignore the email and continue to write that stupid redundancy.