So yesterday my office threw me a surprise baby shower (yay!!!!). I was super surprised, and super moved! I got really lovely gifts too - bibs, pacifiers, rattle, clothes, and a HUGE gift card that everyone pitched in for to use at a baby store. As a thank you this morning, I brought in breakfast treats and sent an office email thanking everyone for the wonderful surprise, and I left treats out "from DH and I as a thank u".
I run into my ex-supervisor (he is now in semi retirement) and he thanks me for the treats and congratulates me again and then says" I want all ____ graduates (we have same alma mater) to sound as smart as I know they are. Its actually 'DH and me,' and not 'DH and I' because blah blah blah" [insert actual rules he proceeded to dictate].
My reply: "oh my. It was only a casual email" and I.started to walk away and he chuckled.
Way to burst a pregnant woman's bubble!!! Correcting grammar on a "thank u for shower here are treats email"?!? Agh!!! had a pity cry fest in bathroom before going to pedicure. hnph;!!
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You sir, get no treats!
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Lame. I'm surprised he didn't pick at the "u" for "thank you" too. That was kinda grinch-y.
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@rahlyrah: lol!!! Love this
@MaisyMay: grinchy indeed!! (The "u" was just my lazy phone abbreviation as i type at pedi salon lol) -
@rahlyrah: hahaha my thoughts exactly.
Is DH & me even correct? I thought if you were using "me" then it would be "Me & DH". I mean, IF we're getting technical. What a jerk!
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Don't hate me, BUT . . . while it was totally jerky to correct you to your face, I do think that a lot of folks are too lax on their email grammar standards!
@.twist.: And yeah, because it follows a preposition (part of a prepositional phrase), "[blank] and me" is correct (objective case).
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oh gosh. agree on giving him no treats!! so annoying!
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@MsLipGloss: ah! Thanks! haha I have always been confused about the me & ___ one (or ___ & me, apparently!). I got the __ & I one, just not the other one.
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Pardon my French, but that guy's an asshole. I am an English teacher, and even I don't correct people's grammar to their faces. How obnoxious.
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@.twist.: Lol - who isn't confused?! It just sounds so clumsy (the you and me thing)!
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What a jerk!!! When someone brings in treats as a thank you, don't question it or make smart ass comments. Just accept it graciously!!
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I write for a living so I definitely care about grammar BUT I would never correct someone who made a mistake in such a casual context and definitely not in that way! What he said was just rude, I'm sorry
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@MsLipGloss: It really does, and I 100% try to avoid any use of it. hahaha
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That was rude!
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"Did I say that? It must be the preggo brain, silly me!"
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@.twist.: @MsLipGloss: I think people err on the side of caution and use "i" because it "sounds" correct.
That being said, i would never correct someone's grammar to their face! I would never even correct someone's grammar online (like correcting someone's post) either. It's such a douche-y thing to do.
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thanks for letting me vent!!! I mean seriously - it's not like I was using text abbreviations, or wrote "there is bagels in da conference rm ya'll" It was a THANK YOU email to the OFFICE, here are BAGELS. So rude. I could understand if I'd written an email full of grammatical errors to a client. But an interoffice thank you with one "error" (not chock full of 'em/lazy), and getting critiqued by someone in the hallway who wasn't even at the shower in the first place cause he was out that day?!?!? Rude!!! I wish I'd been rude back.
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@MrsLilybugg: I would've said, "It's too bad not all x graduates can have the same social skills and grace."
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@Freckles: BAHHH HAH HAH!!!!!!!! I'm saving that for next time! In fact, I may even "bait" this........
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@rahlyrah: Ha, that was my first thought, too, lol
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Apparently somebody pissed in his cornflakes that morning.....
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@.twist.: Actually it would be DH and me in that case. My english teacher told me to take out the second subject to find out which is correct. or something like that
So you said "DH and I as a thank you"
You wouldn't say "from I as a thank you"
It would be "from me as a thank you"So "DH and me as a thank you" IS CORRECT!!!
that was unrelated... sorry he picked on you haha!
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