supposively...

alright let me start out by saying, i am a horrendous speller, but thankfully poor spelling isn't an issue when speaking.

here at work, i work in close quarters (cubes!) with the other members of my team. i have a certain co-worker who has the poorest grammar i have every experienced...ever...the worst!

it is not limited to saying that she is doing 'good' when she should be doing 'well'...oh no, it is not that simple...in a business meeting with clients the other day she used the word 'supposively' instead of 'supposedly', okay so you say, maybe she was nervous and tripped over her words, no, not so easy...she said it over 5 times...5 times! in one meeting! looking around the conference room there were many stunned faces, considering she is the lead of the project!! wow...is all i have to say...wow...

sure you may all be thinking this only happened this one time...she can't be that bad...oh but she really is. most days when speaking with her i have trouble understanding what she is trying to say because her grammar is that poor...it is not limited to just misprounouncing words, she also verbally abuses tenses...i get confused whether or not something has happened today, or yesterday or in the future...her words are so muddled in her bad speak.

the worst part is some days i feel as though it is contagious, i find myself using good instead of well, or forgetting a 'to be', or even worse using the wrong tense...it is just sad. and it is sad that she is as old as she is and has gotten to where she is continuing down this path of bad grammarness. just today she was on the phone with a client and instead of using the word 'expected' she used 'expectingly'...huh?! i certainly didn't have a clue so i am sure that the client didn't either.

i feel that bad grammar is bringing down our society and breeding a race of super stupid humans who one day may try to take over the world...what if this becomes the norm and people like my co-worker are considered smart...arugh...i shudder at the image...

oh did i mention the best part of this girl is that she actually thinks she is smarter than me...she tells me how to do my job and talks in that slow, condescending voice...unbelievable!