Work: He put his FEET on my DESK. What is wrong with people?

[woolly_moose]

Whatever happened to the good old days when people at work called each other by their surnames, and you had no idea what they got up to outside the office, let alone have to see pictures of their fertilised eggs?

Worse than that, in this last stupidly busy week, I have been asked in all seriousness to: remove the clingfilm from a magazine to save someone else the time, to move some files down onto the empty shelf below behind the person asking, who actually wrote me the instructions and then came over to explain them to me, and I have had to endure the feet on the desk not once, but twice. The first time I was too shocked to react. The second time, I reacted. What the hell is wrong with people? All this in a week where I have been covering for no less than 12 people as everyone else is either on holiday, sick, mad, lazy or stupid.

Place your bets on which happens first- the job market picks up, or I go on a killing spree- I don't need weapons: the sharp side of my tongue sends the thick slugs scuttling. I have two theories-

1: it's me
2: it's them.

and it's not me.

thank god for the bike- only way my brain lets up for a bit is the lovely country lanes and enjoying every bump in the road and wondering how to keep my feet from vibrating their way off the pedals.

Anyone need a fiercely loyal PA/secretary and is prepared to save my soul?
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[Frost]

Some people value a secretary as they can do jobs that they can't. But in the days of high IT literacy, computer programs for everything an social networking, secretaries are increasingly viewed as dogsbodies who need to be kept looking busy. It's shit, but it's just a sign of the times.

The thing i HATE most in life is being interrupted doing something, to be told do to what i was already doing. E.g I'm doing some filing. Manager calls me over. "Right now as you can see the filing has built up to an unacceptable level. This need tackling immediately, i expect to see an improvement by the end of the day. Right now get going.". This would likely result in me slamming their head into the corner of a desk and getting instantly fired.

Office work is shit. Outdoors work is shit, and it's cold. Just put up with what you can't change, otherwise change it

[Flip]

[woolly_moose]

[woolly_moose]

[Skudd]

I had someone shouting at me in punjarb when he could speak English, so I answered him in wha little German I know. Really fucked him up.
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[woolly_moose]

[woolly_moose]

god this CV lark is depressing. 3 sheets of A4 that spell "20 years of Life wasted" right from folding that first jumper in Benetton....
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[scorps]

People don,t realise the worth of a good secretary or administrator until they have to do things for themselves.
I,m really lucky as I do my own thing as my job is very specific to just me.
What boils my piss is when one of the lads asks me to photocopy, send a fax etc if I happen to be in the office and not out on site.

I tell them to piss off. The usual crew now know better, its the subbys who still assume that as the only female on the contract, its obviously my duty to get bossed around.

I presume that admin staff do not wear high vis vests and steel toe caps, but I guess its social conditioning.

I do admit though, I actually got our company to purchase me a pink high vis vest
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Do not presume that I am male.

[Clanger]

Make sure your CV is two pages maximum. Lessen your margins if necessary, don't put on hobbies or interests (give them more to ask you at the interview), use a san serif font, 10/11 point. Don't write Curriculum Vitae at the top...or Curriculum Vital (as we received the other day... )

Start with personal statement, then list your acheivements in bullet points. You don't need to declare your age either...

Oh yeah, and if you are a specialist secretary/PA the job market is looking up, there are lots of jobs being listed.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter won't mind - Dr. Seuss

[woolly_moose]

[Frost]

[woolly_moose]

[woolly_moose]

[chris-red]

I work in an office I like 99% of people there and get treated with respect.
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[Frost]

[Inkognito]

[chris-red]

[woolly_moose]

[Tarmacsurfer]

[woolly_moose]

[GhostRider]

[Frost]

I'm pretty sure the more they have to ask you at an interview, the better it's going. If you know your subject area and are interesting to talk to you will more likely get the job.

Try answering every question in an interview by speaking as little as possible and see how it goes

[Alexio]

[Frost]

Maybe he's self employed but doesn't like his eyebrows.