I was asked this morning to cover the phones while the office staff went to a special luncheon. These office people are accounts payable, billing, medical records, purchasing clerk and quality improvement personnel. The reason for this luncheon – early celebration of Administrative Professionals Day/Week. Why does this seem quite annoying to me? Because my title is Administrative Assistant!
Trust me, I think the entire holiday thing is crazy anyway. We should be appreciated year round. But the fact is that I was excluded from the whole thing. My title has the word “administrative” right in it for goodness sakes! My boss never does anything for Admin Professionals Day so I’m not holding my breath thinking my reward will come later – I know better than that. But I’ve been sitting here stewing all day over this, and just had to get it off my chest.
So to all of us out there that go unappreciated and unrewarded, “administrative professionals” or whatever other title or position you might hold, I hereby raise a toast to us! Nobody else is going to do it – let’s do it for ourselves!
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