Signs that you think too highly of yourself

1. You travel often but haven’t filed a travel claim in over two years. This means that you are out hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars (but are apparently not effected by it,) plus this screws up the travel budget. One day you decide that it’s time to send in your claims and bring your 2 years worth of claims in to the Administrative Coordinator, forcing her spend a full day entering your data into the system and double checking tax rules.

2. Two administrative coordinators spend a great deal of time and energy in February arranging for a group trip to Washington for a conference in May. Your confirmed travel itinerary arrives in April and you make a big stink about how you are not sitting next to your colleague on the plane. Of course you never specified that you wanted to sit next to this colleague when you made your booking in February, but you are still quick to point out that the admin. Coordin. did something wrong. You do this by sending a rude email (whining about this problem) to the other admin. Coordinator, who doesn’t directly work with you and who did not make your travel arrangements in the first place! (That would be me.) Meanwhile, you don’t take into consideration the fact that the admin. Coordin. to whom you are whining booked all of her people in economy, while you insisted on sitting in business! (But hey, what’s an extra few thousand dollars when it’s not your money?)

Right, so I’m just really glad that I’m not the admin coordinator who works directly with the guy in scenario #2. Apparently he’s gone through 4 assistants in 6 years. I’m busy enough with my 30 doctors; this guy is so not my problem. (Although I did change his seat assignment for him just so the other girl wouldn’t have to deal with him again.)

Anyway, 1½ hours left until I start my vacation! Look out Beijing!

In other fantastic news…the contract hasn’t been signed yet, but it seems that P will very likely be starting a new, awesome, qualified job when we get back from our vacation! No more evening shifts, no more weekend overtime, and helloooooo raise! I can’t wait to celebrate with him when he gets home from work tonight (at 00:30.)

Rights, so I’ll be back on April 8th, blog to you then!