1) People who leave messages in�which�they�speak�verrrrrryyy�
�slowly�until�they get to the part where they tell you something thatneedstobewrittendownandthentheytalkohsofast!
2) Overly fond of planning my own time.
3) Knee-jerk aversion to treating authority figures with respect.
4) Pencil phobia.
5) Administrative Assistants not allowed to phone in thin-skinned.
6) Superiors not impressed by �but it�s a concept outfit.�
7) Tendency to snort derisively in meetings.
8) Tendency to stop paying attention in meetings right before someone is going to ask for the one tiny, mundane piece of information that I have to impart.
9) Unable to shake conviction that I really ought to have someone else to do all these mundane, repetitive tasks for me.
10) Foul mouth not going over big with business callers.
Posted by hilatron at February 10, 2003 10:06 PMGood grief! You have top-tenned why I detest my clerical/admin job, right down to the "concept outfit.
Posted by: Fahrvergnugen at February 11, 2003 06:01 AMthese are all reasons why i cannot work in an office with other people...in any capacity.
seriously.
Posted by: julia at February 11, 2003 10:39 AMfree access to unlimited supplies of paper clips, sticky pads, ink pen refills and white out just isn't enough for you? hmm! go figure.
Posted by: vectorgirl at February 11, 2003 12:34 PMYou're never going to be able to take a position where you're the subordinate of a middle manager. That's not worth the free office supplies, phone calls, high-speed 'net access, or big pay check. No, really -- I never want to go back! It's all badness. :-\
Jobs are overrated.
Posted by: Josh at February 11, 2003 06:30 PMAm now supremely scared of going into Liberal Arts next year, because, what if mom and dad are right and unless i go into science I won't get a good job? Eeee. No. You will not shake my high school resolve.
Posted by: Punz at February 11, 2003 07:48 PMDoombot wishes to point out that the Hilatron demonstrably possesses an excess of two characteristics not known to be evolutionary adaptations in the AdAss: intelligence and creativity.
To correct same, Doombot recommends the administration of large doses of margaritas. Alternative remedy: different job.
Doombot, though employed in a different capacity in a different agency in a different state, at a level one step up from AdAss, encounters a similar difficulty.
Posted by: Doombot at February 11, 2003 08:03 PM