Crack of Dawn
Thursday, June 30th, 2005What is it about office supplies that turns me into a salivating fool? I’m like a kid in a candy store…or a girl with money at the shoe department at Nordstrom’s…
Today when I was trying to find an envelope at my first ever receptionist temp job (it only lasts until Friday), I walked into the office supply closet. It took all my strength and will power not to steal all the pretty pens, tiny binder clips, post-it tabs, multi-colored file folders, and mechanical pencils. They even had little individual packets of Tylenol, Motrin IB, and Bayer Asprin.
Some people say they’re not cut out for the office life. I believe I’m one of them, but when it comes to office supplies, I wish I lived in one. Then maybe my house would be clean…
However, my new temp job is pretty flippin’ sweet. My responsibility is to answer the phones at an engineering firm. They receive about 30 calls a day. That breaks down to about 4 calls an hour. So the rest of the time I catch up on my reading (books and blogs) - I’m actually encouraged to do so! And not only that, but I’m getting paid $1.50 more an hour than I was at my last horrific temp job (remember the invoices?).
$1.50 more an hour and I’ve yet to come home with a headache…but that’s probably because of the stockpile of drugs they keep there.