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Subject:Re: Dirty trick or fair play From:Evelyn Lee Barney <evbarney -at- comcast -dot- net> To:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:13:49 -0400
In my opinion that was dirty - and completely uncalled for. She sounds
like a manipulative type - I'd watch my back around her if I were you.
It may not be much consolation, but I think you were the bigger person
here.
Ev
Downing, David wrote:
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> Along came my six-month review, and in those days, we had peer reviews,
> rather than manager reviews. She was one of my reviewers, and had made a
> statement something on the order of, "I was shocked by the fact that
> David turned in a draft that was full of spelling and typographical
> errors." She made no reference to the discussion we'd had in which I
> explained why I did that -- thus making it sound like an act of pure
> carelessness, or a complete lack of awareness that the document needed
> to be proofed at some point.
>
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