Forgive me for saying it but I have to. It is incomprehensible to me that people can assume that because someone may text "ill c u soon" = someone who takes short cuts while operating a reactor. I'm not really even sure why it bothers me so much but it does. I guess what really bothers me is how people get so crazy if someone posts in here similar to how they post in most other internet forums, and they get their head chewed off by the grammar police. If I take a shortcut on the way to the work does that mean that I am going to ignore a procedure because it's easier? No. I think we should lay off the grammar and spelling critique of every post and focus on the content.
Adrian
A. This is not like another internet forum, i.e. potential employers and supervisors do not hang out on LOLcatzRGR8 forum and talk about things specifically related to your line of work. Here, recruiters, site managers, and other "corporate" reps hang out and look at posts. This could, potentially, affect your chances of employment and/or promotion.
B. It depends on the shortcut. Does it involve going the wrong way down a one way street ? Driving through a parking lot to avoid a light? Speeding through a school zone?
C. Assumed but mostly unstated, is that there is a community norm that is expected to be maintained. Here in the open forum that standard is proper written English, with correct capitalization and punctuation. Just as you would not walk up to your Commanding Officer (or HR Manager, Grandfather, or Pastor/Priest) and say, "Hey what's up my homey, how they hangin?" or any other slang to that effect, you would not say "c u l8r dud" on this forum. It is not the community norm. There is an expected, sorta formal, standard that is expected.
D. Whether you agree with it or not, the standard is set. Not to be too harsh, if you want to play in this sandbox, play by it's rules.
No it is not a capital crime. And, for the most part, the comments have not been harsh (even BZ's was really mild). So, take the lesson as presented to heart, go forth and do good things, and enjoy all that the forum has to offer.
Peace Out-Matt