Spent 90 minutes trying to fix a comma error in a press release that wasn't even there

Last Thursday I was proofing a big product launch press release for our CEO. Saw a missing comma in a list of three items, spent over an hour tracking down the original draft, checking version history, emailing the agency. Finally called my coworker to check my sanity. Turns out the document layout was just weird on my screen. The comma was there the whole time, just hidden behind a text box border. Has anyone else had a formatting glitch make you waste a whole morning on nothing?

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davis.dakota5d ago

@fisher.reese is right about commas being optional, but three kids taught me formatting glitches are just reality at this point.

fisher.reese5d ago

Three kids at home taught me that comma is optional anyway.