March 4, 2004

• Woo Hoo…I’m an executive asssistant once again today. I got bumped up a notch to cover for someone. I can pretend to throw some weight around and put on airs just to be obnoxious. You can do it too, just follow these guidelines:

  
  

  
  
  • Reply to every question and request with, “That’s not a priority right now, it’ll have to wait.”
  
  
  • Whenever anyone hands anything to you, just put it down on a pile behind you without ever looking at it or the person who handed it to you.
  
  
  • Shamelessly surf the web and chat on IM without regard to the person trying to talk to you.
  
  
  • Give tasks to others by saying, “Would you be a doll and…..?”
  
  
  • Refuse to talk to any of your old co-workers and only mingle with other executive assistants.
  
  
  • Drop names when you want something done, “This is for ****, so I need this by… NOW!”
  
  
  • And finally, you get to raid the executive pantry for goodies!!

  
  

   

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