Not every error deserves the same response, and treating a typo like a scandal is its own failure of judgment. Two things set the rung: how far the document travelled, and whether the error could change a decision. Set both, then build the note — five parts, ninety seconds, and no defence. The chips on the left include several sentences that feel obligatory and make everything worse.
1 · How bad is it, actually?
The error: the overtime figure in your staffing memo reads 498 hours. It is 398. A transposed cell.
How far did it travel?
Could it change a decision?
in my folderreach →published
2 · Build the note
Click to add in the order you want it read. Click again to remove.
Parts of a correction
Sentences that feel obligatory
The note as it stands
Assembled in your click order. Red dashed = a sentence working against you.