James Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Did you mean bitter, or is that Larger spelt wrong. Mat. Quote
Blatman Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Yup. You guys are keeping me on me toes... Quote
MAT1800 Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Well if we're in the pub, I'll have apint of bitter too. This working for a living is to much like hard work. Anyway, shouldn;t we be talking about how crap some Cateringvans are, Or the 33 Ish, guests currently logged on and viewing this thread, is our forum better than theirs as well? MAt. Quote
James Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 I am not having a go at dyslexics. However, dyslexics aside, what's the excuse for the rest of you? Spelling really isn't that hard, and it makes an enormous difference to the way people perceive you when you engage in written correspondence of *any* sort. For example, CV's. I get loads. Any with spelling mistakes get put in the bin without a second look, as do those that have obviously been spell checked with Word in USA mode... What about the hearing impaired? No point in having subtitles or written instructions that can't be understood. I can't imagine what a blind person would make of mis-spelt braille. Our Home Sec was blind. It could have started a war... O.k so how many people who apply to your company for a job say they are dyslexic in there cv? (What cruel b******d came upi with that name, must have been a sadist) and from what you have just said you discount them based on a few spelling mistakes, when they could be the most important asset in your company but you are judging there ability to do ajob purley based on if they can spell sorry no offence intended but that seems short sighted to me. When I have letters and cv's turn up on my desk other than the obvious idiots I try my best to see everyone because you can not tell enough from written words and they dont nearlly tell the whole story about a person, this forum is the perfect example we have all forged opinons and images of others from what has been written over time sometimes when we meet those indeviduels ouropinons may be right but I would bet on the whole we are way of when we meet these people in the flesh. Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Thank goodness, Blatter's mentioned the war, but I think he got away with it. Hmm, think I can hear the kettle boiling, back in a mo. Quote
chrisbin Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Did anyone mention thread drift.......................?? Back on track..... *I'll have a stella and a packet of those Sweet Chilli Sensations, you know, my favourites!* .........try again... Quote
MAT1800 Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Well I'm off for a game of pool, the way this is heading the cue could come in handy Anyone coming. Mat. Quote
Aves Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 "company for a job say they are dyslexic in there (their) cv". Plenty do - then if you reject them they claim disability discrimination. In the same way that we get Cv's with a race printed in BOLD Quote
James Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Well I'm off for a game of pool, the way this is heading the cue could come in handy Anyone coming. Mat. Quote
James Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 "company for a job say they are dyslexic in there (their) cv". Quote
James Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 It just pisses me of one people try using poor spelling as a points scoring exersise in a debate such as this as if that persons perspective is suddenly undermimed because the cant spell properly! My point being Quote
Blatman Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 I am not having a go at dyslexics. However, dyslexics aside, what's the excuse for the rest of you? Spelling really isn't that hard, and it makes an enormous difference to the way people perceive you when you engage in written correspondence of *any* sort. For example, CV's. I get loads. Any with spelling mistakes get put in the bin without a second look, as do those that have obviously been spell checked with Word in USA mode...What about the hearing impaired? No point in having subtitles or written instructions that can't be understood. I can't imagine what a blind person would make of mis-spelt braille. Our Home Sec was blind. It could have started a war... O.k so how many people who apply to your company for a job say they are dyslexic in there cv? (What cruel b******d came upi with that name, must have been a sadist) and from what you have just said you discount them based on a few spelling mistakes, when they could be the most important asset in your company but you are judging there ability to do ajob purley based on if they can spell sorry no offence intended but that seems short sighted to me. When I have letters and cv's turn up on my desk other than the obvious idiots I try my best to see everyone because you can not tell enough from written words and they dont nearlly tell the whole story about a person, this forum is the perfect example we have all forged opinons and images of others from what has been written over time sometimes when we meet those indeviduels ouropinons may be right but I would bet on the whole we are way of when we meet these people in the flesh. No offence taken. It may seem short sighted to you, but I require people who can spell so that they can perform some of their likely functions properly. Some industries won't require that sort of attention to detail. Unfortunately, parts of my work do. Besides, my point about MSWord and spell checking is equally valid. The vast majority of CV's are done in Word. Most of my work and the support documentation is done on a computer. If you can't use the spell checker, or even know how to swap between American "English" and English, then you can't claim to be computer literate enough to work for me. The point of the spell checker is that it (mostly) should be a useful tool for dyslexics, not something to be ignored. If a dyslexic can show that he or she uses strategies to help thier condition by demonstarting an understanding of their particular dyslexia, and how to try to overcome it, I'm all for it. Sadly, most just say "Hey, I'm dyslexic" like it's some sort of badge of honour, and use PC sensibilities to try to bully others in to feeling guilty. It doesn't work on me. I didn't get to learn to spell by saying "Hey, I'm just a kid" at school when teachers tried to teach me stuff... Quote
Renmure Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 demonstarting an understanding Dyslexics could strate a demonstartum against some peeps. Quote
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