- your boss / team are like your family. Seriously. You spend 45+ hours a week with these guys and know everything about them. They're your people and you love them, even when you want to murder them.
- if you had a dollar for every time someone called you a "lifesaver," you wouldn't even need this job anymore.
- CARDIGANS. THE LIMIT DOES NOT EXIST.
- you know how everyone in the office takes their coffee, and know exactly when they're needing it by the look on their face or tone of their voice.
- people call you a secretary or "the front desk lady." This is insulting and infuriates you. You are neither of these things.
- you have eaten a cookie or two from every single local restaurant, because they are constantly bringing you their catering and to-go menus.
- you have your boss's cell and office numbers memorized.. and their passwords.. and their debit card pin.
- post-its. post-its EVERYWHERE.
- at least half of your sent emails are completed tasks that are "ready for approval."
- you have never actually completed an entire task start-to-finish without being interrupted.
- you forget to eat lunch because you're too busy.
- there is nothing more beautiful than a fully crossed-off to-do list.
- you have developed a weird need for being needed.
- you know your boss's birthday..and anniversary.. and favorite flavor of energy drink.
- you have a "phone call voice."
- you "just want to touch base" with everyone you call.
- the two minutes you spend in the restroom are the two minutes everyone needed you desperately.
- you have the best stash of junk food in the office.
- everyone is fully aware that you have the best stash of junk food in the office.
- you have nightmares about sleeping through your alarm.
- you abbreviate everything.
- you have driven your boss's car.
- everyone in the office asks you where everyone else is.
- you play favorites. A LOT.
- you have become an excellent event planner, just by happenstance.
- when your boss is drained or unhappy, you immediately feel drained or unhappy.
- you cringe every time the mailman comes.
- you are on first name basis with the mailman.
- the whole team falls apart when you're out sick or on vacation.(or at least you like to think so.)
- "going home" doesn't mean going home. It means dropping off a check, hitting the post office, taking three more phone calls on your headset, and THEN going home.
- you come into work on Saturdays because that's the only time you can work on your own projects without someone needing something from you every ten minutes.
- you love your job, because it's fulfilling and gratifying on a daily basis.
oct 15 2014 ∞
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