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The Ideal Secretary
Several years ago, I was hired to work for a partner in a law firm.
We seemed to have a pretty good relationship and the work was very
difficult and demanding but I was keeping up with it. Then about 4
months into the job, Secretaries’ Day arrived and the firm’s policy
was that each attorney would take his secretary to lunch and the firm
would reimburse him for the charge. One other real ass-kissing
secretary’s boss was out of town so my boss was designated to take
her with us. We’re sitting in the restaurant and she starts sucking
up to him. “Bill, why don’t you tell us what YOU think makes the
ideal secretary because I’m sure NOBODY knows better than a demanding
guy like you with YOUR high standards!” He smirks a bit and says
“Well, the ideal secretary should have a good bit of experience, I’d
say at LEAST 10 years.” I smiled, I had almost precisely that. “And
of course, she should be a very fast typist” (I’d been in a typing
competition locally and he knew this). “And I would expect her to be
very efficient and have good computer skills” (I had that and I’m
thinking isn’t that nice, he’s describing me.) Then he said “And
of course, the best thing is to find all of that in a single mom because
they always need money bad enough that you can really dump on them,
they can’t afford to quit, and you don’t have to give them that much
notice of overtime. Besides, what are they going to do, walk? Then
how would they feed their kids?” I WAS A SINGLE PARENT.
I started hating him that day.
17 Comments to The Ideal Secretary
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Maybe he was just jerking your chain to get a reaction out of you?
Ouch! Hopefully that was a miguided attempt at humor. What a putz!
I seriously doubt that David.
What an ass.
Secretary’s day is stupid. Its forced niceness. Dude probably wanted no part of being there but his boss (the real dick) made him take two petty women out to lunch. Get over yourself.
Again, Chris does not know what common courtesy is.
We get it Jackie you don’t like me. Lines to the left.
BTW jackie there are currently 6.5 million unemployed Americans which is 9.6% of the population. (according to the US Dept. of Labor) go ahead look it up, I did.Thats almost 1 in 10. So common courtesy tells me to stop bitching about your jobs and be grateful that you even have one. There are plenty of people who would gladly take any job offered to them so that they could support themselves and their families in these tough economic times. Hows that saying go, when the going gets tough, the tough get….whiney?
Hmmm…I’d have to say he was probably just attempting to be funny. I don’t think I’d whine about it really. A job is a job. I have to agree with Chris….
I must be missing something…. “Partner in a law firm” …so joking about dumping on a single Mom who is making diddly is a job you should appreciate? Of course the sweetest revenge is to let Mr. Partner hang out to dry when he misses an important calendaring, filing date…so the client can sue HIM for malpractice. YOU NEVER EVER screw your paralegals, or legal secretaries…they are the ones that cover your butt when you screw up.
should have used birth contriol i guess.
@Chris This site isn’t about how bad your job is. Its about how bad your boss is. No one is “Bitching” about their jobs. They are bitching about their boss, there is a difference. Take some time and try to understand what its about before you post degrading comments.
Didn’t Chris say that he owned the place he works at? Guess that explains why it’s always the employee’s fault…
Wow! What a douche nozzle! And actually I can’t decide on the BIGGER douche nozzle…the boss or Chris!? Isn’t this supposed to be a fun, light-hearted look at bosses? Why be such a jerk? We obviously have enough jerk-bosses!
Well, you didn’t leave did you ? that prooved his point.
amy, i love you even though I don’t know you haha
Lawyers have adept bull!@#$ sensors. That said, he was probably trying to get your stuck up co-worker to stop being such a brown noser. Besides, it’s not like they can ask you if you are single in the interview, because that would be discrimination. It was a joke, the rise he was going for was in the other lady – not you.
@chris get off you are probably half the bosses complained about or one doing this stuff. Get over yourself because just like secretary’s day there’s a bosses day and I bet someone like you think the bosses are the only ones who do any work when they wouldn’t be able to find their butts without a secretary. the only reason the secretary knows where it is because people like you make them kiss it.