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jaeleslie at 06:07pm on 24/04/2004
jaeleslie at 06:07pm on 24/04/2004Last time I looked, it was Secretaries' Week. That was back in the day (oh dearly beloved) when the bosses could take the office girls out for lunch and buy them drinks!
When I worked at the cemetery, that terminology was already out of date when the last office girl before me retired in her sixties. (The one before her had worked into her eighties, sitting there minding the phone and knitting.) The civil service position was Clerk Typist but we were still called the Office Girl. Now I guess they have a Professional Administrative Assistant there, you better believe it. Oh brave new world.
There was an office once where the boss actually stayed in to answer the phones, instead of avoiding calls, and smiled from the front desk while the whole clerical and reception staff went out for a long lunch. The world turned upside down! I had a lot of respect for him.
When I worked at the cemetery, that terminology was already out of date when the last office girl before me retired in her sixties. (The one before her had worked into her eighties, sitting there minding the phone and knitting.) The civil service position was Clerk Typist but we were still called the Office Girl. Now I guess they have a Professional Administrative Assistant there, you better believe it. Oh brave new world.
There was an office once where the boss actually stayed in to answer the phones, instead of avoiding calls, and smiled from the front desk while the whole clerical and reception staff went out for a long lunch. The world turned upside down! I had a lot of respect for him.