Arab Nights (imported) wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:54 am Here is a lesson in taking modern texts seriously.

I have a client who has been really good for three years. It basically in the US has been him doing the exec thing and me guiding the work end of things. We have our successes and it is a mutually respectful relationship. Then in December there was a text using the diminuitive form of my first name. Three days ago it happened again. I texted him that I hadn't heard it since a high school reunion almost 25 years ago when one of the cool kids who never matured used the diminutive and that I really did not want to be called that. In response I got this horrified text from him appologizing and explaing the software did the substitution and he would try really hard to be sure it did not happen again.

I believe him. Ever since I had one of those 'do not turn off your computer, installing update 5 of 12' events, WORD has caused issues from storing documents when it wants where it wants under the name it wants and making uncommanded substitutions of text.

So, do not let written communication cause issues in your life. It might be just technology at work.