U/C and the Grammar Police

Week one of unemployment moved along quite swiftly. I tried to keep myself on track by getting up at (or close to) my normal work hours and following a to do list. I only wish that the darn refrigerator wasn't so close! I applied for two jobs each day, followed up on the ones from the previous day, made friends with the folk at Workforce Development, finished up my Friends of Plum and Pilot newsletter, organized my bookshelves, cleaned out closets and carted stuff over to church for this weekend's rummage sale. Zackie and my father-in-law hope that this unemployment status will be short lived as I'm getting them both off schedule. Zackie now thinks that he should sit right on my desk to keep me company -- it's hilarious to watch him climb up my office chair, balance on the back and then jump over to the desk -- I have no idea why he doesn't just jump from the floor!

OK, so this morning I checked in for U/C and it wasn't as intimidating as I thought it would be. They ask that you apply for two jobs per week, not per day as I've been doing so I guess I've got some in reserve should I decide to spend some time out in the garden if it should ever stop raining. I received my U/C determination statement today and was surprised to see typos on this government form!!

'. . . the employe earned.' Ahh, they forgot the extra 'e' in employee. Then in the next sentence:
'As of the week ending 04/18/09, the employe has satisfied . . .' Again, missing that last 'e'!

One would think that with all of these notices being mailed that SOMEONE would catch the typos and have them corrected. But then I got to thinking: what if maybe, just maybe I might be wrong? Sure enough! I checked the dictionary and indeed employe is the correct spelling -- dahhhh!

Employee is the usual American English spelling, but employe is a Standard variant used especially by some corporate house organs and business publications.

OK, so U/C documents are considered either a corporate house organ (whatever that is) or a business publication . . . there's a chance for continuous learning even in my sweats and slippers!