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	llama_treats 2005-04-05 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	If I still lived in Philly, I would so show up at that B&N, preferably wearing only a tie. (Reply to this)

	kadath 2005-04-05 06:05 pm UTC (link)
	Comment leading to the firestorm has been deleted. (Reply to this)

	carlanime 2005-04-05 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	Best comment: In my spare time, I also commit comma splices. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	the_clansmen 2005-04-05 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	That is one of those grammar things I've never been able to understand. Wanna clue me in? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

carlanime
2005-04-05 08:09 pm UTC (link)

Happy to oblige.

Megan-thingy wrote:
I would like to speak with you personally about this event as an employee and Community Relations Assistant at this B&N, I coordinate events.

Those are two separate sentences, which she has incorectly joined together with a comma. That's the dreaded "comma splice." If she'd written I would like to speak with you personally about this event as an employee and Community Relations Assistant at this B&N. I coordinate events. that would be fine.
Or if she'd written I would like to speak with you personally about this event, because as an employee and Community Relations Assistant at this B&N I coordinate events. that would also be fine (because the second "sentence" has been transformed into a subordinate clause).

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	carlanime 2005-04-05 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	*incorrectly, even. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_clansmen 2005-04-05 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	Ohhhh, I get it. Wow, my English teachers made that sound so much more complicated than it really was. Thanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	carlanime 2005-04-05 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	You're very welcome. ::loves to go on and on about grammar:: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tangentialone 2005-04-06 08:30 am UTC (link)
	I think they can also be joined together with a semicolon or a dash(or by putting the last bit in parentheses, although that--or the dash--would make it more of an aside), but I'd hesitate to show any of the more complicated bits of punctuation to someone who'd use a comma in that manner. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	carlanime 2005-04-06 12:35 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, because a semicolon (or dash) does the same thing--joins two bits that can stand alone as sentences. I lurve the semi-colon, though, so I agree with you: no semi-colons for her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tangentialone 2005-04-06 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	We must keep them safe from people who wouldn't understand the lovely semicolons, and would only abuse them. (Reply to this)(Parent)

tangentialone
2005-04-06 08:51 am UTC (link)

*peers at the sentence again*

Not that it detracts from the funny, but she might have meant to punctuate more like this:

I would like to speak with you personally about this event. As an employee and Community Relations Assistant at this B&N, I coordinate events.

Just because the whole, "As a [unnecessary information about the person], I [action]" structure is more inherently pompous. ;)

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	carlanime 2005-04-06 12:33 pm UTC (link)
	True. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	judyhazeleyes 2005-04-05 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	I need an icon of acting all buff and powerful online." So badly. That cracked me right up. (Reply to this)

	iris 2005-04-05 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	Every time I successfully manage to forget what that awful icon looks like, rfjason shows up in another wank and I am reminded all over again. THE INTERNET. IT TAUNTS ME. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	snacky 2005-04-05 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	I have nightmares starring that icon. :-( (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sarajayechan 2005-04-06 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Check out what he does to poor unsuspecting hotlinkers, too. u.u; (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tangentialone 2005-04-06 08:36 am UTC (link)
	Why, what does he do? (Heh. Did you see those definitions of himself he's linked to? Should we all go over there and vote on them?) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sarajayechan 2005-04-07 04:43 am UTC (link)
	He links them to a photo of his penis. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tangentialone 2005-04-07 04:46 am UTC (link)
	...Well, at least that's better than that ugly icon of his. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dawnswalker 2005-04-06 04:06 am UTC (link)
	Dude, I actually went looking for it to see what you were talking about, and... Just... No. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	princessdot 2005-04-06 07:28 am UTC (link)
	~is now duly dissuaded from doing the same~ Thank you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_clansmen 2005-04-05 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	I hope the B&N employee's boss sees that and smacks her upside the head for losing business. Though I know with Borders there's a certain advantage of actually scheduling your events with them cause then they give you 10% off drinks and stuff. (Reply to this)

	the_clansmen 2005-04-05 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	Incidentially, anyone see megansbook carry the wangst into another comm? http://www.livejournal.com/community/bnbookslaves/14723.html?mode=reply It looks like it was just posted; no comments yet. Or else the other comm members are smart enough to ignore her. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	nekoneko 2005-04-05 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	It says something about Friends Only to me... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	carlanime 2005-04-05 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	So she's "engraged" because they might "loose" their jobs? Does B&N preferentially hire illiterates? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	llama_treats 2005-04-05 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	She is both angry and enraged. I hear she works for the Dept. of Redundancy Dept. They like loose people there. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_clansmen 2005-04-05 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	It would have been even funnier if she was "engaged" because they might have "loose" jobs. But apparently so. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2005-04-05 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Is that a "Passions" icon? (Reply to this)

	rowan 2005-04-06 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Annnd we have journal deletion! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cpip 2005-04-07 06:37 am UTC (link)
	And lots of it! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nevadafighter 2005-04-06 01:20 am UTC (link)
	wishes she could see the bnbookslaves whine-fest (Reply to this)

	thoms 2005-04-07 08:00 am UTC (link)
	Ring up my porno mags, lackey. I want an icon of that. Just cause. (Reply to this)

(Anonymous)
2005-04-11 02:52 am UTC (link)

While megansbook is/was reacting badly, I can kind of see her point. While working for Bunns and Noodle, I've seen many people that are looking for informal meetups that I had no idea where happening. This is fine if it's just a group of people meeting in the cafe, but I've had a group of homeschoolers get very demanding (ordering me to turn the instore music off, making a mess on the stage area in the children's department, reading lots of books and not even making an attempt at shoving the mess into a corner, etc). And there have been other groups that get snippy when they ask "Where's the "Thusnsuch" meeting?" and get blank stares.

So yes, megansbook = dramamonger, but it's still generally better form to let businesses know if you're doing meetups with groups of people... plus it gives them the chance to give you free stuff, if you make up a plausible sounding reason :)

-the third mouse from the left

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