"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 04:18 PM 4/29/04, Julia Thompson wrote: > >Mike Lee wrote: > > > > > So, I may not be able to hold my wife accountable, and you may not be able > > > to hold your wife accountable, but we can at least do a little "Throw Momma > > > From the Train" service for each other by helping to kill the > > > self-congratulatory female meme that full time moms work harder than anyone > > > else and are doing a great job. Your average receptionist deals with more > > > stress, interruptions and infantile behavior than the average mother of > > > three, and she does it a lot better too. > > > >I think the worst part of it is, there's no break. > > > >You leave the receptionist job at the end of the day, and even if you're > >having to deal with crap outside of the job, at least it's *different* > >crap. > > And the receptionist's job seldom involves dealing with *actual* crap . . . > not to mention other less than attractive or sanitary bodily effluvia on an > almost continuous basis for at least the first couple of years . . .
Oh, yeah, and most receptionists are not required by their job description to clean the carpet on a regular basis. (I am *so* glad I put my foot down on not having carpeting in certain rooms.... Just wishing I had on a couple of others, as well, but hey, we can replace the carpet in a few years, right?) Julia
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