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WOW!!! So many messages on the topic of a Secretary card. I wonder if the
original poster works with Kevin Montgomery. This would be a great
practical joke in most offices... well may be not in *some* offices, now
that I've read a few of the posts <hehe>.
Any thread that will bring Marilynne out of her hidey-hole is worth a skim.
,-)
Back to the grind.
Guy McDonald
guy -at- nwlink -dot- com
-----Original Message-----
From: Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: secretary's day
>I was going to just lurk on this issue. My solution to being asked to do
>secretarial work is to take that work to the right person for the task and
>to inform the owner of the work that I had forwarded it for him or her.
>The work gets done and a subtle (or not so subtle) message is delivered.
>
>There are times when it seems correct to just do the work. I take my clue
>from the men. If they think it's proper to do some typing for someone
>else, I'll help too.
>
>Marilynne <no one would dare send me a secretary's day card>
>----------------------------------------------
>At 11:30 AM -0600 4/22/98, Jill Burgchardt wrote:
>>John Gilger wrote:
>>
>> Who cares whether someone thinks you are a secretary?
>>