Rant of the Day:People Who Don't Do Anything For Themselves

I don't get people who don't do things for themselves....

Hey I'm an intern and I get it comes with the territory that you have to do the things other people don't want to do and so I swallow that with a smile.

But at my other job I work as an office assistant. I answer phones, make copies, sort mail, go through paperwork and so on and so on. But yesterday a faculty member decided it was also my duty to move his office from floor 13 to floor 12. a job that apparently my senior co-worker decided was for me to do. Now this is my second week at this job and I'm not quite ready yet to start denying requests so I obliged. I had to empty a few filing cabinets, empty out a desk, take random stuff off said desk and carry it all down a flight of stairs.

The physical labor not too bad but that's not the point....

You might assume the man was busy had classes to teach or students to see?? No what he was busy doing was standing in his new empty office not doing a damn thing but waiting for me to get there with his stuff.

WHAT THE HELL???

Another instance I was answering the phones and I transfer a call to a faculty remember and he yells from his office....."Is this call important" HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW......"Only transfer calls that are important or from Mr X or Ms. y other wise I'm not here" Who do you think you are the fraking president you advise students for a living isn't every call supposed to be important...you can't deal with them yourself you need somebody else to decide whats important for you...

I just don't know the point where people decide its okay to do that kind of thing. When did you stop relying on yourself and begin to trickle down the little tasks to those unsuspecting young people who didn't sign up for anything of the sort.

I'm not your personal assistant

I'm not your receptionist

You can say thank you all you want if your really wanted to thank me you wouldn't ask me to do it.

This is better than therapy!