day jhaerb (--- but not for me!), weird observation, punctuation 

You can always tell an employee review is going to be a disaster when I have to start breaking out the em dashes—I have absolutely no idea why this is, I have absolutely no explanation for it, it just is.

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re: day jhaerb (--- but not for me!), weird observation, punctuation 

Oof. We're up to six em dashes.

*doffs her fishing hat and looks solemnly at the ground*

There's no hope for the poor bastard. Because I tend to use them for sentences like "Your research on this task is really good—but your conclusions raise some issues."

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