Last night you emailed myself and another assistant, saying, "I hear all I need to do is ask for more and toner will appear on my printer..."
First off, if you don't know how to change the toner on your printer, you are clueless. No other attorney here has ever asked me to change their toner. Secondly, saying "Please" usually helps when you're asking people to do (stupid) things for you. And last but not least, who do you think we are, the Toner Fairies?
So I left a box of toner on your printer. There, it magically appeared on your printer. And then this conversation happened:
YOU: (gesturing to the box of toner on your printer) What's that?
ME: (filing something) Your toner.
YOU: Do I have to put it in?
ME: Yes.
YOU: I don't know how to do that.
ME: (Trying to keep the disdain out of my voice) You don't know how to change toner?
YOU: No.
ME: What do you do at home?
YOU: I don't have toner at home.
ME: (says nothing and goes to change the toner because you are clueless and expect everyone to do everything for you because clearly you cannot be bothered to do these things for yourself)
Friday, April 8, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Reason #27
You sent me an email saying "Go to this website BLAH BLAH BLAH and get this person's contact info. His email address is BLAH BLAH BLAH. In the notes please write BLAH BLAH BLAH."
In the time it took you to compose and send that email, you could've just done this yourself.
I'm not trying to shirk my assistant responsibilities but I'm not a big fan of doing stuff that you could've easily done yourself. I'm not here to hold your hand and wipe your nose. I'm here to do things you don't have time to do or to do the non-billable work such as copying exhibits, preparing document shells, filing stuff with the court, etc. And you CLEARLY had time to do this because you spent the time to compose and send an email wherein you included almost all the information anyway.
And for the record, no other attorneys have had me routinely update their contacts. But that's because you're special, isn't it?
If this job drives me to drink, I'm so billing them for rehab costs.
In the time it took you to compose and send that email, you could've just done this yourself.
I'm not trying to shirk my assistant responsibilities but I'm not a big fan of doing stuff that you could've easily done yourself. I'm not here to hold your hand and wipe your nose. I'm here to do things you don't have time to do or to do the non-billable work such as copying exhibits, preparing document shells, filing stuff with the court, etc. And you CLEARLY had time to do this because you spent the time to compose and send an email wherein you included almost all the information anyway.
And for the record, no other attorneys have had me routinely update their contacts. But that's because you're special, isn't it?
If this job drives me to drink, I'm so billing them for rehab costs.
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