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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You absolutely did the right thing, OP.  [b]Screw telling them why you quit[/b] - the DB would only deny shortchanging you or say it was a mistake and you were being over-sensitive.  And of course, MB would have to agree with her ass of a husband.  You can not prove you were shortchanged since you did not count the money right in front of them  but, like any polite person, you trusted them and counted the cash when you were at home.  I'd have done the exact same thing.

Besides, it is not your job to instruct and educate the parents.  You did you job and you were cheated.   I wish you the very best in finding a new job!  [/quote]

The only person she is screwing, by not telling them why she quit, is the next unfortunate sitter. Next time you find yourself dealing with clueless parents, you can thank their last sitter who never spoke up. You say its not your job to educate them, but if you don't, who will? Idiots, all of you. [/quote]

Hi Comma Lady,

Why do you put commas in weird places? Unless you are perfect at everything (including grammar and spelling) you should NOT be calling other people idiots.[/quote]

Not comma lady. Please do tell which comma is incorrectly, oh wise one. I don't have to be perfect to know an idiot when I see one, and my idiot senses are tingling.  [/quote]

not the pp but you don't need a comma between 'parents' and 'you can thank...' in your second sentence as is one thought.  nor do you need a comma between 'educate them and 'but if you don't...' in the third sentence.  i wouldn't even break up your first sentence with any commas but it isn't wrong if you think of 'by not telling them...' as a prepositional phrase.

further, in the rebuttal, in the third sentence you don't need a comma between 'when i see one' and 'and my idiot senses...'

[b]sorry for the lowercase typing[/b] - the baby is asleep on my right arm.  [/quote]

The irony . . . .[/quote]

I don't think you understand what the word "irony" means.  BTW there is a great book on punctuation called "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves".  It explains the use and misuse of the comma in a fun and humorous manner.  [/quote]

I understand what the word irony means.  Your post was a good example of situation irony, which can be defined thus:

[quote=Dictonary.com]

situational irony
noun
irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

[/quote]

In this case you action seemed to have the intention of making the PP look less than intelligent, and of making a point about the value of mechanics of written language on the internet.

Instead, you have achieved the opposite.  You have made yourself look less than intelligent, and made the PP look quite good in comparison.

I have read the book [b]Eats, Shoots, and Leaves[/b].  I am not entirely sure why you think I would need to read that book based on a two word phrase followed by an elipsis.  I clearly didn't misuse a comma.  Are you arguing that I should have?  Should I have written "The, irony . . . " or "The irony , , , "?  I'm pretty sure the answer is no.
  
 I have also read the book you reference.  I'm not really sure why you're suggesting I read it, since the post you reference only contains periods.  Perhaps you're assuming [/quote]

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