> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Pedantry or Sloppiness - URL: https://goodoil.news/pedantry-or-sloppiness-2/ - Published: 2025-01-23T23:30:53.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-23T23:30:52.000Z - Description: There should be no room for sloppy writing. Its presence casts a shadow over whatever point the editorial is making. - Author: Reproduced with permission - Tags: Culture, Media [**Sir Bob Jones**](https://nopunchespulled.com/2025/01/22/pedantry-or-sloppiness/?ref=goodoil.news) In an editorial on the thousands of submissions to Parliament on David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill, the *NZ Herald* wrote, “the issue has been discussed and debated around water coolers and…”. What absolute nonsense! Currently, my company owns over 1000 prime CBD office suites in Auckland and Wellington. They vary in size from multi-floor to smaller part floor units. All are inspected weekly by our staff. Not one has a water-cooler in it. Furthermore, over my lifetime I’ve owned tens of thousands of office suites in New Zealand, Australia and Britain and have never seen any with a water-cooler. My point is this is an American expression and is totally inappropriate to use outside of America, where office water coolers are common. Readers may possibly think I’m being overly pedantic but I disagree as particularly with editorials, there should be no room for sloppy writing. Its presence casts a shadow over whatever point the editorial is making. As an aside, New Zealanders have never been big on drinking water. The single exception was a period a decade back where for a few years it was voguish for fat girls to walk about holding a water bottle, but that’s now over. We’re coffee drinkers, which is why, regardless of size, all of our suites include a kitchen unit. This article was originally published by [No Punches Pulled](https://nopunchespulled.com/2025/01/22/pedantry-or-sloppiness/?ref=goodoil.news).