So I finally received the "proposal" from that staff guy that has difficulty listening to simple instructions. Lordy...it's a...well let me just show you a piece.
For reference,
here's an example of what a forestry project should look like from our resident forestry expert. You state in succinct terms what the point of the research is, what the
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I'm surprised that he didn't mention that Gifford Pinchot was also a rabid teetotaler who gave us the Pennsylvania State Liquor Control Board after the ending of Prohibition in order to suck as much joy out of drinking as possible. Douchnozzle, indeed.
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You do not even know how much I want to copy/paste that into my response to him. HAHAHAHAHAHA
I'm trying to craft my response to him to sound as procedural and professional as possible. I will make sure that rather than saying I'd like "Carol" to be one of the reviewers, that I'll be calling her "Dr. Harvey" since Mr. (and not DOCTOR, mind you) High and Mighty has already tried to insinuate that I'm not qualified to give him feedback.
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He responded and is whining that the example I sent him (from 2017 where I EXPLAINED it's much shorter now and it's listed that way in the instructions) is long and should he cut eeeeverything out.
Emily is helping me craft a response that sounds like him. hehehe
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Haha Jeff & I laugh a lot at papers (usually students') that start out with super basic info, as if they're not writing to a very specific audience. Like, think about who you're writing for, dude. It's not lay people.
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