So Monday I arranged to get one of the other paralegals on her boss's bad side which enabled me to get her job.
Sort of.
She was already on the downhill slope of his bad side and asked me to help her get some filing done. This is her first office job. I can file in my sleep after years of practice. I could see why her boss was down on her for her lack of organizational skills (one of the things that I came across was an inappropriately filed memo he'd sent to her telling her to straighten up the ship -- she'd tucked it into a client's file). By the end of Monday, I was ready to strangle her. Thing is, she's so very nice and kind, she's just not very organized. Her boss said to me, "I'm not organized either. Someday she'll make a great paralegal but what I need right now is someone who can keep me straight." The way things look, that person could very well be me.
Which does make me feel somewhat guilty. Would he have been so vocal about his displeasure if I hadn't mentioned to him that I was already frustrated trying to make sense of these piles of paper? It's possible, and lord knows, the memo he sent her predated my frustration so he's been fighting the file battle for a while now. In any case, she doesn't know her career hangs by a thread.
He doesn't know she's been calling employment agencies from her cell phone in the ladies' restroom, trying to find another job.
An even trade, it seems.
This morning one of the partners commented to me that he'd never heard me speak on the telephone until yesterday when he called in to check on something. He said I have a very nice and professional voice. Could I just say, "Thank you!" and go about my day? No. I must respond, "Yes, I've been told I give good phone." Doh! At least he laughed. :)
In school news, I passed all my classes. Got 4.0 in both geology classes, which really surprised me as I didn't ace every single quiz or lab assignment. I think the teacher bumped my grade up because I snarled at the running start students at the back of the room one day and got them to shut up. Heh!
Sort of.
She was already on the downhill slope of his bad side and asked me to help her get some filing done. This is her first office job. I can file in my sleep after years of practice. I could see why her boss was down on her for her lack of organizational skills (one of the things that I came across was an inappropriately filed memo he'd sent to her telling her to straighten up the ship -- she'd tucked it into a client's file). By the end of Monday, I was ready to strangle her. Thing is, she's so very nice and kind, she's just not very organized. Her boss said to me, "I'm not organized either. Someday she'll make a great paralegal but what I need right now is someone who can keep me straight." The way things look, that person could very well be me.
Which does make me feel somewhat guilty. Would he have been so vocal about his displeasure if I hadn't mentioned to him that I was already frustrated trying to make sense of these piles of paper? It's possible, and lord knows, the memo he sent her predated my frustration so he's been fighting the file battle for a while now. In any case, she doesn't know her career hangs by a thread.
He doesn't know she's been calling employment agencies from her cell phone in the ladies' restroom, trying to find another job.
An even trade, it seems.
This morning one of the partners commented to me that he'd never heard me speak on the telephone until yesterday when he called in to check on something. He said I have a very nice and professional voice. Could I just say, "Thank you!" and go about my day? No. I must respond, "Yes, I've been told I give good phone." Doh! At least he laughed. :)
In school news, I passed all my classes. Got 4.0 in both geology classes, which really surprised me as I didn't ace every single quiz or lab assignment. I think the teacher bumped my grade up because I snarled at the running start students at the back of the room one day and got them to shut up. Heh!
posted by Owl Chick at 6/18/2003 08:35:00 PM
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