April 22, 2009
Today being Administrative Professionals Day (April 22, how could you not know?), Guru thought it fitting to honour the various professions by linking to a compilation of tasks many have been forced to complete during their tenure.
Across the pond, Business Management Daily put together a list of the craziest things that administrative assistants have been asked to do by their boss.
They included:
Unfortunately, said negotiations fell through shortly after and Lackey was never seen again, but on this day each April, Guru pauses to remember his fallen comrade.
Vive le secrétaire!
Across the pond, Business Management Daily put together a list of the craziest things that administrative assistants have been asked to do by their boss.
They included:
- Inspect the boss's sandwich every day to make sure it contained no tomatoes.
- Drop off a pet's stool sample at the vet.
- Call around for a used toilet to replace one that had broken in the boss's rental house.
- Send fake rejection letters from universities to the boss's daughter as a joke.
- Take a Johnny Mathis album cover to the tailor to find material that matched Johnny's jacket.
- Throw a surprise party for an up-and-coming vice president's dog.
- Look for "anything suspicious looking," after someone had called in a bomb threat.
- Stuff tissue between the boss's upper lip and teeth after he chipped a tooth, and then glue it back together.
- Check the pencils daily to be sure they were sharp enough.
- Spray the boss's bald head with sunscreen.
Unfortunately, said negotiations fell through shortly after and Lackey was never seen again, but on this day each April, Guru pauses to remember his fallen comrade.
Vive le secrétaire!
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