This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
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Nov
9
2010
It’s that time of year again. Frost covers the ground in the mornings before the sun melts it away. The trees have lost all their leaves. Fall is officially on its way out.
That means it’s time to enroll in the annual employee benefit selection.
Every year, around this same time, I get to choose my insurance levels (medical PPO or HMO? short- or long-term disability? vision? dental? etc.) I usually just verify that they remembered my selections from last year and call it good.
This year though, there was a EULA. I had to agree to some terms before I could enroll.
I, of course, couldn’t help but find two things wrong with the “agreement”.
First, here is the agreement (click for the full-size version):
First Wrong Thing
It says “I have reviewed my 2011 annual enrollment materials and have completed my 2011 elections online.”
Reviewed my enrollment materials – okay, no problem, I agree.
Have completed my 2011 elections online – problem. This was on the web page that was going to let me start the 2011 elections online. How am I supposed to agree that I have completed the elections before I can start the elections?
I don’t even know what they could have intended.
Other Wrong Thing
The perspective. The voice. The point of view. Whatever it is, let’s make it consistent.
Am I doing the agreeing? Or are you?
I agree that I understand…
or
I agree that you understand…
I counted 10 paragraphs/statements in the agreement. There are 6 that call me “You” and 4 that call me “I”.
Just pick a pronoun for the employee and stick with it.
That’s all for now, unless you see something else in there.
As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, behold, (B)the LORD is between you and me forever.
1 Samuel 20:23
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 10:16 pm and has been carefully placed in the Life category.
