When I first started work, I got a memo from a manager asking if May 21 could be rescheduled...
“When I first started work, I got a memo from a manager asking if May 21 could be rescheduled...”
That sounds like just sloppy communication to me. I would guess that there was something scheduled for May 21 and he meant to ask if the event could be rescheduled but was too lazy to say what he meant and just asked if May 21 could be rescheduled. If that does not explain it then the manager was a real idiot but I see more and more every day of people who are too lazy to express themselves clearly and their “go to” response if called on it is to say, “Don’t be silly, you know what I mean.” My usual response is to ask, “How can I be sure what you mean when you don’t even seem to know yourself?”