Secretary's Day Everyday
I had an amazing conversation with my teacher friends a couple of days ago. It turns out that Secretaries and Custodians rule the school. No seriously! You're probably thinking what I thought - how the? I thought principals wielded all the power.
Well, according to the teachers, the secretaries have control over who gets a new desk, who gets dibs on the copy machine, who gets reimbursed for expenses, who shows you how to file certain paperwork, who gets away with turning attendance in late. A teacher might as well say good-bye to a nice clean room or even a door that doesn't squeak if they piss off the custodians. One of my teacher friends says the custodian who doesn't like her crashes into the room like a tornado and messes everything up.
My friends even told me that the UT Education department makes it a point to let students know they have to get along with the secretaries. The story was hillarious when my friends where telling it.
posted by Daily Texican at 9:22 PM
5 Comments:
While I try to be kind and polite to everyone, I make sure to go the extra mile for the secretaries and custodial staff. They run the institutions where they work.
For example, I have an interview next week. I have been kind and friendly with the coordinator (some resent the S word) because she has my file in her hands. Cross her and my file could end up in some shredder by mistake.
10:17 PM
as an elementary school teacher. i know for a fact that administrative assistants and custodians run the school. anyone who works in a school knows that to be a fact. our school makes it a point to spotlight just how much they do for us!
5:35 AM
Do you guys ever read the comic strip "Frazz"?
Remind me to tell you the anus joke some time.
8:32 AM
nope. no frazz. tell the joke.
12:55 PM
stay on their good side, they can make sure you get paid now, rather than later, when you turn the invoice in after the deadline.
7:27 PM
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