During one of the appraisal seasons a project leader was asked to submit a review of one of his employees.

He wrote the following:

1 Martin, my assistant programmer, can always be found
2 hard at work in his cubicle. Martin works independently, without
3 wasting company time talking to colleagues. Martin never
4 thinks twice about assisting fellow employees, and he always
5 finishes given assignments on time. Often, Martin takes extended
6 measures to complete his work, sometimes skipping
7 coffee breaks.Martin is a dedicated individual who has absolutely no
8 vanity in spite of his high accomplishments and profound
9 knowledge in his field. I firmly believe that Martin can be
10 classed as a high-calibre employee, the type which cannot be
11 dispensed with. Consequently, I duly recommend that Martin
12 be promoted to executive management, and a proposal will
13 be executed as soon as possible.

Regards - Project Leader

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Shortly thereafter, the HR department received the following further memo from the Project Leader:

"Sorry, but that idiot was reading over my shoulder while I wrote the report sent to you earlier today. Kindly read only the odd numbered lines for my assessment."

Regards - Project Leader