>>I count, without really spending much time on it, a minimum of 10 grammar errors in this very short comment. I'd love to see this person's resume cover letter.
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>>Because of the field I'm in, there are certain areas where I have to be careful. (Yes, you read this correctly, even KG is cautious once in a blue moon)...but I'll say this...writing is a lost art. I'm stunned by some of the writing that I see.
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>I take some pride in my grammatic abilities. However, due to the advent of computers and my constant use of them (got to blame it on something), I take no pride whatsoever in my penmanship. I have the 2nd worst handwriting in the history of nature.
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>I used to work for a company called Reed Stenhouse in Edmonton. It was an insurance brokerage and I was a broker. The idea was that the accounts executives would solicit the business and write out sheets to give to the brokers so that the broker could place the business with an insurer. We had one accounts exec (Carl) who used to write out sheets that were impossible to read. They consisted of wavy lines across the page with the [very] occasional lump that might be construed as an actual alphabetic character if you had a really good imagination.
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>I would take them back to him and tell him I couldn't read them. He'd look at them, toss them in the can, and say, "Well, whoever it was, they'll call back." He couldn't read them either (not even able to figure out who the client was).

I try not to think about my days working in the insurance field. Nightmares!