Our saga regarding the department secretary is unfolding. The Dean decided to do something nice for me and assigned me a secretary he poached from elsewhere. And I’m supposed to be getting her for 5 days a week instead of 3 like the current secretary. I’m sure he’s trying to be nice but, dude, I was looking for a couple of months of freedom to go to the bloody toilet without having to announce where I’m going to anybody.
This move deprives English and PoliSci to benefit me because those departments are led by sweet, quiet women while mine is led by me who makes the most atrocious stink about everything. I didn’t save French )whose director got hired and is getting promoted this year thanks to me) by sighing sadly in the corner.
There is great irony in all of this.
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” freedom to go to the bloody toilet without having to announce where I’m going to anybody”
You do realize you can put the secretary anywhere you want… and that you can give them assignments like ‘hold all calls and don’t let anyone in my office for the next two hours’….
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OK, but what about the bathroom situation.
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“what about the bathroom situation”
What about it. Why do you have to inform this person (who might not want to know anyway) about your bathroom habits?
You should simply come and go as you please and give noncommital answers if asked.
Sec: Where are you going?
You: To the zoo to visit your family.
Okay, you don’t want to go that far, but
Sec: Where are you going?
You: I won’t be long…
or
You: Just need to clear my head a bit.
It helps if occasionally you also take the opportunity to go on a walk around the building or campus or whatever. You’re the boss, you decide when and where and how you work.
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My nervous system finds it onerous to have such obstacles on the way to the toilets. 😁😁😁
It’s OK, it’s just a couple more months.
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