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naomi_jay Last time I was supposed to be on holiday from work, I ended up coming in anyway because certain people were panicking over who would do my share of the work. THIS time I plan for that not to happen. I have a fortnight off coming up and all I want to do is read, write and watch bad television, possibly while eating doritos. This requires much forward planning. Somehow, in the next week, I have to prepare 20 sets of papers for a committee meeting, comprising of seven proposals for new programmes, all of which have to be copied onto different coloured paper depending upon when they were submitted. I have to make up three weeks' worth of arrival packs for newcomers to the Institute, give my new boss a crash course on "what Naomi does at Reception," and give the new catering assistant a crash course on how to use the photocopier.
I need to show someone how to test the fire alarm, how to do inductions, where we keep travel adaptors, where we keep photocopy paper and where we keep stamps. I have to prepare three weeks' worth of seminar lists (which is impossible because we only get the information one week in advance). I have fully stock up the office with maps and leave a list of outstanding repair jobs on my desk because nobody has time to check the spreadsheet on the shared drive. I have to prepare three weeks' worth of door access cards so people can get into the building after hours (which is impossible because we only have a limited number of cards and certainly not three weeks' worth).
I have to do all this next week when we have a conference running. There will be 100 people arriving on Monday who will be here all week. I'm expected to be on Reception from 8.30 - 5.30 answering questions and doing inductions, processing incoming post, answering the phone, sending faxes, filing and generally doing all the other rubbish jobs that "nobody else has time to do."
So yeah, basically I'm going to spend my holiday rocking back and forth in a corner whilst tearing out my hair.
I need to show someone how to test the fire alarm, how to do inductions, where we keep travel adaptors, where we keep photocopy paper and where we keep stamps. I have to prepare three weeks' worth of seminar lists (which is impossible because we only get the information one week in advance). I have fully stock up the office with maps and leave a list of outstanding repair jobs on my desk because nobody has time to check the spreadsheet on the shared drive. I have to prepare three weeks' worth of door access cards so people can get into the building after hours (which is impossible because we only have a limited number of cards and certainly not three weeks' worth).
I have to do all this next week when we have a conference running. There will be 100 people arriving on Monday who will be here all week. I'm expected to be on Reception from 8.30 - 5.30 answering questions and doing inductions, processing incoming post, answering the phone, sending faxes, filing and generally doing all the other rubbish jobs that "nobody else has time to do."
So yeah, basically I'm going to spend my holiday rocking back and forth in a corner whilst tearing out my hair.
