My Question of the Day: Your supervisor has asked everyone to review a report submitted by one of your coworkers and note any needed revisions. Although you have never had any problems with this coworker, he/she has not been at all receptive to the suggestions made by others in the office and this coworker has expressed the idea that everyone is just nitpicking and “out to get me.” Not only do you find errors in the content of the report, but you also find several spelling/grammar/punctuation errors. Knowing the previous reactions and comments from this coworker, what do you do?

(this question was submitted by a tweeter who wishes to remain anonymous; thanks!)

My 2 Cents: My coworker will have to get over him/herself, because there’s no way I’m going to allow errors in a report to go uncorrected if the boss asks me, and everyone else, to proof it and make sure it’s up to par. Imagine how badly that would make me, and all the rest of my coworkers, look if the boss comes behind us and proofs the report him/herself and I, and the rest of my coworkers, haven’t done my/our jobs. We’ll look just as incompetent as the person who did the report. I refuse to look badly for anyone.

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