To the five different departments of the Offices I work for, I am only one person. I can not always get EVERY little thing you want done.
Sure it may not seem like a lot because it is segmented to you, but to me its a large work load. I have data entry, large quantities of filing, file management, spreadsheet upkeep and creation, editing of out going letters, mail duty/envelope stuffing duty, plant caretaker, cleanliness of the office, stocking paper in the machines, giving faxes to the right people, tracking down deliquescent loan payers, default management, shredding,phone calls to make to individuals, POs to write.
Multiply it by five-ish (week depending) departments, and try to get all of that done in 15 hours of work study smashed between 3 hour long courses, add on top of it an upcoming competition, midterms, feeling in adequate in everything I freaking do with my Art, and it being the busy season for the monster of paperwork dept. called Financial Aid, and you might get my drift.
And then when you all are at lunch I have to do Petty Cash box, deal with disgruntled people looking for you, because to them you are ALWAYS out of your offices
I am pretty sure you can spare four minutes of your own time to take a much need walk down some stairs and pick up your own fucking box, and doing your own filing might unbunch your underwear about how I “haven’t gotten around to it”, LIKE I PURPOSELY FORGOT. I am SORRY I have to prioritize, I am sorry that a massive spreadsheet that was misinterpreted by 3 people before it got to me needed to be done for Friday, and that a supplemental spreadsheet fell by the way side, because for some unknown reason I need to keep 3 up to date and double checked everyday, on top of your filing and package fetching.
So do NOT come into my cubical complaining about how I purposely left your filing unattended, and how some one will steal your package (in a very low crime rate school and city), because I will freaking get to it when I have the time, your filing and packages are not more important than a spreadsheet needed by the government. Piss off or complain to the boss that is “withholding” me from your dire needs!
