PARASITE open thread!

I'm alumni and a clerical lackey, so unfortunately I'm not in an actual school department like a science. Oh well....

Hey, clerical lackeys are awesome! I used to be one while I was an undergrad. Clerks make the world go 'round! *fistbump* I used to clerk at a legal office, and I was good at it. Then they fired me because I wouldn't skip class to go to work, and I was the recipient of a panicked phone call after that when they realized they had no idea where stuff actually was. My response was.....short, if not eloquent. ^_^

Heh. As professional support staff, I fully agree with the importance of clerks. Also, future mad scientists take note; always listen to your tech, especially if they start running. :)

Boo on your former legal office. My response to a request like that is along the lines of "Sure, I can help you with that, here are my consultant's rates (insert obscene amount of money)"

I wish I had done something like that, but it was my replacement calling me and they called me during dinner. I was cranky >_< If it had been my former boss.......I would have been more eloquent but less polite.

And yeah, good minions are to be respected and cared for. They're the ones keeping the world running while you go off creating works of SCIENCE! (I've got great respect for minions. I'm one for the next 5 years, and most of my previous jobs have been in that track)

Aw, thanks. Your old office sounds crazy, though...sheesh, people! At least at my work, they let the students leave :P

Yeah, my old boss was great at being a lawyer, less so at personnel management. She wanted college students because she didn't have to pay them a living wage, but she didn't want to deal with the fact that we had classes and couldn't suddenly change our schedules at her whim. I was not going to miss my upper-level statistics class and sacrifice my homework time just because she didn't want to hire on someone else. Funny thing though, if she'd've waited a month, she could have had me all summer, but she wasn't expecting me to say no when she demanded I change my work schedule. *shrugs* Then again, this was the same woman who hired on a full-time PR/marketing person, then had her only doing clerical work, then gave said person the offer of "come a few hours a week for the same pay and they aren't set hours" instead of the full-time gig she'd been promised, and was utterly shocked when said person said no. *eyeroll* I think lawyers just aren't used to hearing no from people - my mom's an ex-lawyer and hoo boy is she like that.