I hate when supervisors cave in like pussies and say "Do what the customer wants, we don't want them angry" when said items is explicitly against policy and now said customer will tell all his friends "Bitch about it enough and they'll cave."
The way it plays out for us is that the author who whines loudly enough about his precious baby words staying exactly the way he wrote them gets stuff into print (and on the website) that doesn't adhere to our style. So then the NEXT time some whiny author has his fee-fees hurt because we have the audacity to suggest his paper should adhere to our style, he can point to the first one, now published, and say "But you did it befooooooooore, so you haaaaaaaaaaave to do it for meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Bah.
Buffista Island!
My first thought was "Yes, please!" when I saw that porch. Fair point about the water levels though.
That outfit would be great for a Victor/Victoria costume.
...and the EIC caved and told the author it would be okay to keep the title the way it is EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T ADHERE TO OUR STYLE.
I smite them both from afar.
Oh, gah. Precedent, people! Sometimes it's a very bad thing!
That title doesn't even make sense.
Ha! I just forwarded that info to my coordinator, and she said "Don't worry; when [scary managing editor who NO ONE ever fucks with] sees the title at issue review, she'll request a new one, and then he can deal with HER."
That's the best outcome I could hope for. I am mwah-ha-ha-ing gleefully.
Ah, a dragon in reserve. Always useful.
Booooo, EIC. BOOOOOO!
I was once in a support group with a woman who described her parent as "dementing," which kind of made me laugh.
Anyway, I choose not to dement. That's how that works, right?
Ugh, Tep. Glad there is a scary managing editor in the wings.
Good luck, Dana. I think I have heard good things about OK City? Don't remember what, or from whom, though.
I did, in fact, take myself out to lunch and even had a glass of wine. I think it helped? Didn't hurt. May nap now. I'm not planning on doing any actual work unless I get email signifying that one of my open orders can move further in the process, in any case.
