Happy Administrative Assistants’ Day, everybody! It’s really funny that you’re all teasing me by sending the couriers at the very last minute to deliver my gifts; the best jokes are always the ones where you trick someone into thinking you don’t care! Ha! Ha!
What started off as Secretaries’ Day in 1952 has now blossomed into a charming, overly PC occasion to buy cards for the fresh gal who sorts your mail. The International Association of Administrative Professionals started the holiday in order to trick more people into being secretaries. It was an immediate hit! People couldn’t resist the lure of potentially getting flowers on the last Wednesday in April, and started quitting their high-paying government jobs and dropping out of med school to apply for receptionist positions.
Today, Administrative Professionals Day (registered trademark) is still a great opportunity to show your lowest level employee that they’ve made it through another year without being displaced by automated voice messaging services. As an administrative assistant, I sure would appreciate a pat on the back or some awkward small talk over lunch with my boss. I work hard! Just take a look at my exhaustive to-do list:
Working for the weekend. |
Gifts-dot-com, a website dedicated to both gifts and presents, has several suggestions for this wondrous holiday; these are gifts that say “I appreciate you!” while also mentioning, kind of under their breath, hoping you won’t hear, maybe while pretending to cough, “The only thing I know about you is that you work in an office and are probably a woman.” Simply shower your employee with goodies like a Professional Teddy Bear (monogramming available!), an elegant foil balloon boquet, or a $170 basket of fruit, and you’re good for another whole year of psychological abuse/bottom-pinching. Everybody wins with Administrative Professionals’ Day™®©!
Obviously it’s too late to be shopping for this year’s gift (and almost too late to deliver them, but I know how you like living on the edge!), so here’s a handy e-card (the “e” stands for “electronic”) to send to your loyal staffer. Making this wasn’t part of my job description: it’s just another example of how administrative professionals go above and beyond to look busy to legitimize having such a fancy title. You’re welcome.
Merry Secretaries' Day to all, and to all a good night!
1 comments:
Lolz. JG gave me the flu for admin assistant day :( "Take a sick day, you've worked hard this year"
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