I have to deal with a proofreader with OCD
Now, I appreciate it's a recognised condition, and he's a ncie enough bloke.

The only problem is he completely fails to take on any new information that's given to him. Including instructions given by the manager.

This week, he was given a brand new set of proofing guidelines, to help him cut down his workload cos we're falling behind.
He has chosen to ignore EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ONE, and still checks a 12 page document in the time it would take one of us to read War and Peace.
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 8:16, 4 replies)

I've got a temp like this at the moment
We have a proofreading machine - it compares the sample with the master document and flags up any differences. So to proofread something takes about 5 clicks of a mouse and a glance at the screen.

She spends hours reading every single word on the document no matter how many times she's told. Oh well. Her last day today.
( Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 10:06, closed)

A proofreading machine!!???!!
What fresh lunacy is this?
Please pioint me in the direction of where one can be obtained.
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 11:14, closed)

Ahem
That's 'point'.





(sorry)
(osok Rebel without a clue, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 12:16, closed)

I've worked as a proofreader
And I'm not a good one. Most normal people, when they read, automatically correct minor spelling mistakes and punctuation/grammar blips so that they don;'t even see them. To be a good proofreader, you have to have no imagination whatsoever, so that each comma carries the same weight as a whole sentence. The best proofreaders are the dullest, most pedantic, lifeless obsessive freaks known to man. It's a skilled job, but not really human.
(frankspencer, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 14:26, closed)