Well its happened twice in a row now. I pour the water into my cup, walk back to my desk, and a shipping company shows up with a crate and the guy wants to argue with me about how a Suite 200 doesn’t have a loading dock.
And you know what? This stuff is still smooth, and I needed it after dealing with the shipping guy.
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It’s always so risky to make a fresh cup of tea when you work in an office. Someone inevitably comes to your desk and wants to talk for 20 minutes about a malfunctioning printer or something “urgent” while your tea sits on your desk growing cold and bitter.
^Like our souls….Just kidding! But I think my soul would grow cold and bitter if some one wasting my time made me miss out on my cuppa.
The frustrating part is that none of this is actually my job. But I’m the only person who is in the office all day every day over that last year and a half. So it’s also assumed I do shipping and receiving as well and 1000 other tasks so my coworkers can sit around and say that they don’t have to drive into the office ever again. They are taking advantage of me and I’m starting to get really annoyed by it.
Hahaha, yes! That seems pretty accurate to me. :D
I’m sorry, Random; that’s so tough. I’m one of those who has been very fortunate these last 18 months to be able to work from home, and I know how lucky I am to have that privilege. I work for a bank, so we still have associates in branches and in the corporate offices too. They are the backbone of our company. I’m sorry you are being taken advantage of by your team and I hope your fellow coworkers will come to realize how valuable you are. I’m an administrative assistant for a department, so I often get pulled in to help with other associates’ work when they are short-staffed or busy. It can definitely be frustrating, especially because we still have to manage our own work. There isn’t exactly someone who can help the assistants when they are overworked. I’m guessing you’re in a similar situation. I hope next week will be better for you.
It’s always so risky to make a fresh cup of tea when you work in an office. Someone inevitably comes to your desk and wants to talk for 20 minutes about a malfunctioning printer or something “urgent” while your tea sits on your desk growing cold and bitter.
^Like our souls….Just kidding! But I think my soul would grow cold and bitter if some one wasting my time made me miss out on my cuppa.
The frustrating part is that none of this is actually my job. But I’m the only person who is in the office all day every day over that last year and a half. So it’s also assumed I do shipping and receiving as well and 1000 other tasks so my coworkers can sit around and say that they don’t have to drive into the office ever again. They are taking advantage of me and I’m starting to get really annoyed by it.
Hahaha, yes! That seems pretty accurate to me. :D
I’m sorry, Random; that’s so tough. I’m one of those who has been very fortunate these last 18 months to be able to work from home, and I know how lucky I am to have that privilege. I work for a bank, so we still have associates in branches and in the corporate offices too. They are the backbone of our company. I’m sorry you are being taken advantage of by your team and I hope your fellow coworkers will come to realize how valuable you are. I’m an administrative assistant for a department, so I often get pulled in to help with other associates’ work when they are short-staffed or busy. It can definitely be frustrating, especially because we still have to manage our own work. There isn’t exactly someone who can help the assistants when they are overworked. I’m guessing you’re in a similar situation. I hope next week will be better for you.