I'm filling in for the executive secretary today and I did on Thursday and Friday as well.
So I'm sitting here this morning and I overhear the Assistant Director talking to the Director on the phone about letting people go early today. So here I am getting all excited about this news. Only, of course, this doesn't apply to me.
She just came out and said to me "if I start letting people trickle out of here early, can you stay and watch the phones until the end of the day and I'll give you time off some other time?"
*blink*
In my mind I'm saying, "you know I'm doing this as a favor to you. You know it is not my fault that you let both your secretary and her assistant have off at the same time. Nor is is my fault that you have a receptionist who, for whatever reason, does not have to watch the phones (yeah.. process that one a second)!!" But of course I smiled and said, "sure, no problem."
*grrr*
Granted it's not a really huge deal. I mean I did plan on being here all day and although I have a party to go to, I'll still have 90 minutes to get ready for it after I get off work. But it just irks me on principle alone. Sometimes I think I'm too doggone nice.