Take This Job and Shove It
As anyone who knows me is (painfully) aware, I have one of the easiest, well-paying jobs on the face of the planet. I work in Document Services, a division of the University Registar, and have very few job functions. In fact, here is a run down of my day to give you a better idea.
09:15 - Arrive 15 minutes late for work and zone out for 45 minutes
10:00 - Read entire issue of The Lantern
10:04 - United States and University mail arrives, I help sort and hand deliver every piece of mail coming in to Lincoln Tower.
11:00 - Mail sorting is finished, I sit and read a magazine that should be delivered to a student while talking to various building employees who come down to pick up their office's mail.
11:30 - Go up to Treasurer's Office and see what Jackie is doing.
11:45 - Lunch break, I grab some snacks out of a vending machine (Unless it's a pizza Friday)
12:30 - Re-read entire issue of The Lantern
12:33 - Walk around the building and drop off any mail that didn't make it out earlier.
12:40 - Space out at my desk (but it looks like I'm working)
01:20 - Read the major headlines of the day from various news websites
01:45 - Flirt with Melissa as she comes down to pick up the student mail.
02:00 - Growing ever more bored, fire up AIM and start talking to other people who aren't doing anything (but aren't getting paid, either)
03:00 - Whoo, I'm exhausted, time for a break, better get another Cherry Coke
03:30 - Increasingly more bored, write this blog post
04:00 - Exchange humorous stories with my boss on anything ranging from politics to plant biology.
04:30 - Leave half an hour early with pay
I have received pay raises and outstanding service awards for doing this shit.
I know, I know, it infuriates you... I don't do anything, I will be the first to agree with you. If they gave me more tasks to accomplish, I would gladly complete them. Fact is, they dont and I don't complain.
So that's my administrative career right there in a nutshell... when you break it down, I really only do about 37 minutes of actual work in an 8 hour day. Later, I will explain how this job has persuaded me into a new career choice.
This post was written at Document Services, a division of the University Registrar, during a work day where I wasted approximately $74.00 of your tuition money... sorry.
09:15 - Arrive 15 minutes late for work and zone out for 45 minutes
10:00 - Read entire issue of The Lantern
10:04 - United States and University mail arrives, I help sort and hand deliver every piece of mail coming in to Lincoln Tower.
11:00 - Mail sorting is finished, I sit and read a magazine that should be delivered to a student while talking to various building employees who come down to pick up their office's mail.
11:30 - Go up to Treasurer's Office and see what Jackie is doing.
11:45 - Lunch break, I grab some snacks out of a vending machine (Unless it's a pizza Friday)
12:30 - Re-read entire issue of The Lantern
12:33 - Walk around the building and drop off any mail that didn't make it out earlier.
12:40 - Space out at my desk (but it looks like I'm working)
01:20 - Read the major headlines of the day from various news websites
01:45 - Flirt with Melissa as she comes down to pick up the student mail.
02:00 - Growing ever more bored, fire up AIM and start talking to other people who aren't doing anything (but aren't getting paid, either)
03:00 - Whoo, I'm exhausted, time for a break, better get another Cherry Coke
03:30 - Increasingly more bored, write this blog post
04:00 - Exchange humorous stories with my boss on anything ranging from politics to plant biology.
04:30 - Leave half an hour early with pay
I have received pay raises and outstanding service awards for doing this shit.
I know, I know, it infuriates you... I don't do anything, I will be the first to agree with you. If they gave me more tasks to accomplish, I would gladly complete them. Fact is, they dont and I don't complain.
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
So that's my administrative career right there in a nutshell... when you break it down, I really only do about 37 minutes of actual work in an 8 hour day. Later, I will explain how this job has persuaded me into a new career choice.
This post was written at Document Services, a division of the University Registrar, during a work day where I wasted approximately $74.00 of your tuition money... sorry.
