I've been telling my supervisor for a while now that my job is getting too much for one person to handle. Having someone to answer the phone and help people would help me by not having to stop my data entry to solve pissant problems. She promised to get me help years ago and has done jack to do it. Recently, she's been acting like I'm somehow making the problem seem bigger than it is.
Yesterday, I found out that she wasn't going to be in until later in the morning. So I forwarded my phone to her line for an hour. It rang almost the whole hour and I got a lot of work done. When she gets in and checks her messages, she freaks. "Why did I get all these calls that should have gone to you?"
"I don't know. They must have had a work study running reception."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules.
It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness.
This is true both in politics and on the internet."
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Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
