Yet again, I must comment on the office secretary. Like most black people, she has a problem with time. Technically, her ass should be here at 8am, but for some reason we let her come in at 9am. However, she can’t seem to handle that. On average, I would say that she gets to work at about 9:30. Keep in mind, that this is an improvement. Before the New Year she used to get here around 10, so I guess her New Year’s resolution was to get to work sorta on time. Also, at least once a week there is a day she “is running late” and will arrive by noon, if she even decides to arrive at all. Yesterday, she sent out an email letting everyone know that she would be out of the office on Friday because she had to take her mother to the doctor (black people always have to give somebody a ride or pick a family member up). When I got the email, I simply shook my head and clicked DELETE. So, this morning at 9:01 my phone rings. Guess who? It was her letting me know that she overslept and that she was gonna come in as soon as she got dressed. WHATEVER! 2 1/2 hours later, this raggedy bitch comes in with some tight ass jeans and baby blue Timberlands. I know I say this a lot but, WTF? I know you said you wont be here on Friday, but that doesn’t mean that you can bump your casual Friday up to Thursday. Furthermore, I don’t think your getting the whole casual Friday concept. Baby Phat, Ecko, and faux Timbs are not appropriate and to be quite honest, they are never appropriate for a 41 year old woman. Oh and just an update for you…her daughter has again experimented with her hair. It is now blond…so instead of picturing a monkey with orange hair, use blond. One of the white men in my office referred to her as Goldie Locks.
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Mrs.Fashionista // March 18, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Your blog is hysterical! Seriously, I feel like I am reading my own mind. Perhaps we could blog together . . . check out my very outdated blog and you will see that we definitely think alike and could generate serious web traffic together!
That being said, let me share with you today’s latest with our secretary, who by the way, is the dumbest person I have ever had the misfortune of meeting. Triflin’ secretaries go well beyond the usual ghetto chick. That triflin’ness goes right to the bimbo red neck woman too. She called and left messages this morning to say that she overslept. Please note that I said that she left messages which is to say, she really didn’t over- sleep because if that were the case, when she called someone would have been here to answer the phone. At 1:30p.m. she called to say that she was “too tired to come in and can’t stop sleeping.” The thing that makes me the most irrate is that things like this are a regular occurrence, that seems to bother no one else in the office except the only black person (that would be me)! I guess it really pisses me off because I know if I or some other black person tried pulling this BS on the regular, we’d be looking for a new job!
Nykya // March 20, 2008 at 4:14 am
…This is the kind of mess that pisses me off! This is why I have to now come all EXTRA in an interview for positions such as the one mentioned. I often see these types,
unappreciative, slothful, just a MESS! Be Lucky you have a job. Ive gone places for an interview and had to deal with (insert hood here)isha, iqua, ita. While Im sittin waitin for my turn at bat,Im wonderin how in da hellio did she get her job. Please stop carryin yo stereotypes with you! we dont have to be late for everything, and we dont have to “keep it real” everywhere we r.
Sidebar: It always amazed me How some retail places make you go thru the three interview ringer for a job, and you still encounter the rudest, disgruntled, individuals.
David Thierry // April 6, 2008 at 1:22 am
It seems to be a class problem doesn’t it? You know why you’re in the higher class and the secretary is barely managing to be in the secretarial class but not really. Apparently you can’t replace her with someone better. There are those who know how to work and those who are just faking it. To be fair, it’s not just black people who have to give someone a ride.