Oops….

I cringe when new posts are sent to my email readers WITH TYPOS. Believe it or not, I do edit prior to sending. But…it never fails that I find one or more grammatical errors after sending, even with proofreading several times. I can’t explain it so I won’t.

I guess it takes me back to my wild Facebook days when I got in trouble for bullying. Yes, I was actually found guilty of bullying. But quite unfairly. Let me explain before you cancel me.

I made a comment on some political post. It was just a simple comment that would not have offended anyone. Although I do not recall the post or the comment, I do recall Linda Flowers. She called me out on the misuse of the word affect. Or, was it effect? Doesn’t matter. I did an “LOL” and after googling the correct usage of the words, I edited my comment. No big deal, right? Wrong.

Ms Flowers laughed at my correction. Made fun of the fact that I would go in and edit. I responded that I’d prefer to use the correct word so it wasn’t anything to change it.

Well, that wasn’t enough for her. She continued to comment and make fun.

You know there are people who believe it’s their “job” to purposely cause upheavals of sorts on social media. They look for any opportunity to get someone in trouble by taunting and harassing. They sow seeds of discord and try to rile others. There’s a name for that. Troll.

So I used it.

I wrote, “I know what you are doing. You are a troll.”

Pretty quickly I was sent to the principal’s office. I received a notice accusing me of bullying. I was told I can refute the charge if I believe I’ve been falsely accused. The charge would be presented again for review which would take a couple days. Of course I would refute this. So I clicked on it.

I kid you not. The reply came back before my thumb was an inch from the screen. The review was made. My guilty verdict was to stay.

Needless, to say…Facebook and I parted ways and I’ve never looked back.

So this is why I twitch when I find errors in my posts. I know Linda Flowers is out there…just watching and waiting.

I do make corrections after posting but it doesn’t correct the ones sent by email. My apologies.

I’m so not perfect but I would sure like to catch those errors before posting. I guess it’s just another day, another post, in the life of Andi. 🙂 ♥️

Andi