Dreaded QA Autopsies

Posted By: Mari on 2006-09-21
In Reply to: Grammar - nitpicked to death.

QA people who nitpick on commas, semi-colons, etc. are generally creating a dust storm by hacking up your work so you do not take note of the fact they could not fill in the blank you left either. LOL.

Don't let that get to you. Better you should focus on correct spelling, things that affect patient care (or incorrect medication dosages) rather than sweating the bullets from those red-marker COMMA QUEENS. They have more serious issues than any of us want to know about . . . Really. :)

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Grammar - nitpicked to death.
- Dreaded QA Autopsies - Mari
- Dump the Nazis. - MT
  - That's a horribly offensive term. I wouldn't compare some drama - over a comma to the Holocaust. nm
    - It's an "analogy," i.e. the Nazis' dysfunctional thinking that a ... - MT2
  - LOL, QA Nazis....... nm - LOL
  - I agree - Too much
    - As a QA Nazi myself, I agree! - brava!
- I also encountered a QA nazi..She made my life miserable. - Walked in your shoes
  - As a former "QA Nazi" undeserved or not, you guys make our lives miserable, too. - em
  - My daughter put this on her computer as wallpaper tonight ... - MT2
- I have read your post and all the - nitpicked before
- This is the norm at the companies I have worked for. sm - Me
- Thanks and I do get it.. SM - Original poster
  - Comma vs. Semicolon - Liza
    - she said period v. semicolon - look at post again.
      - Oops, my bad. nm - Liza
  - It's called "professional pride" - people proud of the way "they" do things. - MT2
  - Are you talking about Axolotl? (sm) - Been there
    - THANK YOU.. PERFECTLY WORDED - Original poster
- grammar and commas - kps
- You are very wrong. With only a few years under your belt, you should be sm - MTSO
  - Three years is plenty of experience....no one is just...sm - name
  - Goodness...read the original post again..you are way off the mark. - anna
  - There is no HIPPA violation. As poster stated below - it's that way at many companies.
    - HIPAA - meant to say
  - I think you need to re-read my post. - Original poster
    - I've had that happen to me a few times... - sm
  - This is going places it never should be, all over a comma. nm - Sharon
    - I don't think the comma is the issue. - MTmaven
      - MTs who care enough to research instead of - Misha
      - No violation. Told to do it. I don't get attitude with - Original poster
      - I see other MT's work all the time (m) - x
        I too check old reports... - sm
      - I have 23 years experience - maam

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