tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post3693425900353009805..comments2024-01-27T18:00:54.268+00:00Comments on This Is My Blog: ImprovingMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-33523703016525814032007-02-18T17:01:00.000+00:002007-02-18T17:01:00.000+00:00This is it, you just can't afford to misunderstand...This is it, you just can't afford to misunderstand letters like that.<BR/><BR/>I used to work helping disabled people through "back to work" schemes and into jobs (although I did not work FOR the Jobcentre, just had to deal with them a lot), and I got a fair handle on the mangled way those letters are phrased, but even so!<BR/><BR/>This one wasn't so bad - the exact phrase used was "This means your award of benefit or credits will continue." Too bad that line was halfway down page 2 of 4.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-77596143454990932972007-02-18T15:55:00.000+00:002007-02-18T15:55:00.000+00:00I usually find I can't actually understand what it...I usually find I can't actually understand what it says. I can tell what I *think* that it says, but I'm never sure until John has read it too. Seeing as he's an English graduate I figure he ought to be able to translate it into English as wot she is spoke for me. But then it's in Officialese, so maybe I'm being over-optimistic. Fortunately he hasn't been wrong yet!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630530599678517169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-60583351833615326932007-02-18T11:37:00.000+00:002007-02-18T11:37:00.000+00:00Hurrah! Oh yes, I know Brown Envelope Dread too we...Hurrah! Oh yes, I know Brown Envelope Dread too well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-44462715211322494232007-02-18T10:41:00.000+00:002007-02-18T10:41:00.000+00:00I'll be honest, a lot of the time I wait until som...I'll be honest, a lot of the time I wait until someone's with me before opening them, because I know just how important the contents could be.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-40742148255634679402007-02-18T09:51:00.000+00:002007-02-18T09:51:00.000+00:00Phew, thank goodness! I know just how you feel - ...Phew, thank goodness! I know just how you feel - those brown envelopes are always scary to open too...Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630530599678517169noreply@blogger.com