The next place I work?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me NOT work in close association with another Jen. It is SUCH a pain in the ass. Especially when she gets a million calls (property management) and people can’t seem to differentiate between Jen and Jennie. They call and say “Who is this?” and I say Jen and they start yakking and I have to stop them and say “Oh, you want Jennie, our property manager. [Then I preempt them by saying] We have two Jens in our office.” I say that at least three times a day, I swear.

And if I EVER have to do receptionist work again?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me just have to transfer every incoming call without having to deal with people any more than that. I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate having to say—I swear it feels like 100 times a day—“She’s on the other line, would you like to hold or would you like her voicemail?” and then dealing with people who lead you to believe they will have a coronary if they don’t get to talk to her. Or, since we are not allowed to transfer calls internally (god forbid the phone ring in an agent’s office or they get a beep in their ear if they’re on the phone) each and every call I put on hold rings back to me every 30 seconds.

Of course there are a LOT more things I want in the next place I work, but those are my issues for today!

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