Trapped: Diary of a Receptionist
Spending time with a receptionist friend of mine made me think. How boring would it be “working” the whole day when your work consists of sitting at a computer and waiting for the phone to ring? The time passes so slowly when you’re bored. You feel like pulling out your hair.
Just think with me for a second. Put yourself in this poor victim’s shoes. All the other employees are on retreats and vacations so you’re left with no work. And yet, you can’t go home. What kind of torture is this?! This world is coming to such abnormal terms with the definition of a secretary.
So you decide to finally get up. And once you get up, the phone starts to ring off the hook. And then you decide to sit at the phone and wait… 30 minutes… 1 hour goes by and nothing. And right when you have to get up and pee, it starts to ring again and 6 inconsiderate callers decide to stop you from going through your daily bodily functions. You start to get angry at these callers. You try to compose yourself by breathing in and out slowly, but you start talking while grinding your teeth together.
The point is, receptionists are pretty much under appreciated. They have to have incredible patience. They have to have stamina, endurance, strength. So next time you think of a summer job as a receptionist, think again.
Been there, done that.
It’s a miserable existence.
And I’l be doing it again this summer! :X
$13 an hour is pretty convincing to a starving college student paying rent, though. lol!
Don’t sell the job short, a good receptionist is what makes a company efficient.