Oh God, people, the stress I just experienced!
Do you remember this article of mine that was accepted in a very prestigious journal, which caused me so much joy? I was asked to send in the final version of the article by the end of March. So, obviously, I did. Normally, if I don’t get a confirmation, I start sending reminders to the journal’s editors. But to be honest, I was so intimidated by the important people at this specific journal that I couldn’t make myself pester them for a confirmation after sending in the article.
And what do you think?
I just received an email from the journal’s editor. He says with the utmost politeness that they still haven’t received the final version of my article. The articles have to be sent to the publisher in a week, the editor says, and they really don’t want to miss the opportunity to have my article among them.
The university server must have misfired and eaten my email with the article.
And on top of everything, I only saw this message from the kind editor by pure chance because it had been placed in the Spam box.
Of course, I wrote back immediately, attached the article and apologized profusely.
But just imagine, I could have missed the chance to see this article in print had the editor been less kind and accommodating. This is my most prestigious publication!
I was so stressed out that I threw my cell phone into the trash can by mistake.
The moral of the story: always request confirmations and don’t let big names intimidate you.
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