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FIRST! oh, and it had to be Twilight. If it was anything but twilight, it would have been an ok Graph, but the fact that twilight was in it just kills it. Sir, I am very sorry that you have to put up with a Twilight fan
at FIRST i wasn’t gonna say anything but since you don’t like twilight i move on.
(twilight is garbage!)
*claps* Here Here!
i think the joke is that we ALL wish it’d be something other than twilight, but it always, always, seems to be. i am sorry also.
Wow. I realize this graph is meant to be humorous, but man, it really ruffled my feathers. I’m a medical secretary, and I run my ass off and deal with patients in crisis and never-ending phone calls all day long. It’s one of the most stressful, thankless pee-on jobs out there. This is a great way to spread a false impression of people in the clerical field. Nice job, graph creators.
It says -our- receptionist. So it’s not reflective of all, just that specific one.
hey i’m a twilight fan but i guess all 11 year olds are i’m a fan cuz Taylor Lhaunter is hot
lol sounds like someone is about to get fired…
the only reason I like this graph is because unlike all of the other pie charts, this one isn’t divided into a few slivers and one massive, over-exaggerated chunk that supposed to make and deliver a guaranteed unfunny joke.
Agree.
you ave clearly read too many! most of them are v amusing but then i dont come on here very often.
To be fair, sometimes the phone doesn’t ring for quite a while.
Step away from the Twilight book…
It’s true, reception work can be
UGH. Let’s try that again without accidentally hitting enter halfway through it…
It’s true, reception work can be VERY boring. I wonder where this person works.
I think you meant “Which one of my co-workers must die for making a graph about me?”
Hahaha, no I’m not a receptionist. But I used to be. Never read Twilight thought… there’s no excuse for that.
thought = though
Boy I’m just bad at commenting.
Grammar Nazi does not forgive you.
As I was reading this, I was thinking how it could have been written about a friend of mine, the more I read, the more I am sure it was. FUNNY.
I know a receptionist who planned her entire wedding from her desk, and then proceeded to plan her best friends. Sometimes “challenging” jobs are overrated!
wow, me too (minus the best friends’ as far as I know). and we have the same name. Are you me?
Perhaps if there were more clients for your receptionist to greet or more phone calls to answer the segments would have different proportions. Is it the receptionist’s job at your company to generate business or yours?
i’m a receptionist and the gist of this graph is correct in my case (though no Twilight books and no discussing my personal life). and i hate my job. try spending a year at a job without doing anything productive. and no one ever thanks you for doing yr job, there’s little to no positive reinforcement.
Why would anyone thank you for “not doing anything productive.”
The period is actually a question mark, the hook thing is just invisible…
oops. sorry, Will, didn’t know you were planning on asking a question today….
-hands you back a hook dripping with sea water and tangles of algae-
you might want to detach the fish before use.
I truly enjoy the ‘matter-of-fact’ way this graph is presented. The judgements are left to us. Only a few of the activities are offensive to me. Twighlight, yeck.
Is is bad to use quotes and dashes?
What the? I guess I didn’t spell that right because of the feelings I have for it.
You forgot doing nails. I went to my lawyers office, and the receptionist had stunk up the waiting room with nail polish. Couldn’t they give her some work to do????
Yeah, but they don’t like to get thier knees, um, hands dirty.
That explains it….
http://cheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=4322316
also, you’re breaking quite a few rules in this handy guide for making charts on GraphJam.
http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=3810214
poor you lol
What our “higher-ups” do during working hours: Make pie charts on GraphJam.
You should have included “The crap that no one else wants to do, but has to get done or big wig gets in trouble”
At my workplace that is my job, and I’m the receptionist…
I was going to post, “In before class warfare” but I missed that boat. Damn.
Food for thought, perhaps this person made this after work after watching with frustration the receptionist not doing the job they were paid to do.
I am intrigued by how many stupid boss graphs we get here and then when the receptionist is pointed out, it becomes an exercise in defensive behavior…
As for my own station in the hierarchy, pfft, I wish I had a station. The receptionist busts her ass as does my own boss so I couldn’t make a snide graph about either, despite liking this graph.
And that went a bit more ranty than I liked so… /rant
Amen!
“[DeathWyrmNexus] doth protest too much, methinks.
Well, I like the receptionist here and I like my immediate boss and her immediate boss. Work has been slow so I have been slacking so what was I protesting again?
*has a confused*
I was that girl…I miss that job…. (swap Twilight for any other book I was currently reading.) I knew I was going to enjoy it when I showed up on the first day, my boss spots the book tucked under my arm (long bus commute) and says, “Oh good, you brought a book. I didn’t want you to be bored.”
please, please, on EVERY day, let it be ANY other book than Twilight.
I’m receptioning right now, as we lol!
LOL!
Hey! No bashing the “novel”! ha ha!
riiight, i mean, wasn’t it just a terrific “book”?
1) Where do I obtain this job?
2) Can I read a good book?
Heh, they forgot the “Goes through old GraphJam/LolDogs/Lolcats/Failblog’s entries ” .. XD
I used to work in a reception on the afternoons, and it was deeeeadd (most of the time) so imagine summers!! XD (I have to admit that’s were I read most of the Breaking Dawn book.. and many others.. )
Now I work in other company, also in the reception, and there is a lot of work, so I cannot even try to concentrate on reading a book.
Browsing through GraphJam/LolDogs/Lolcats/Failblog, that, I can handle.. =P
P.S. I DO answer the phone, a LOT! XDD
They DID forget LOL-browsing, which is obviously what this office worker (me!) is doing.
lol twifail
i guess this is accurate, though I’d rather them have a different book.
wouldn’t we all? i think that’s the point.
There needs to be a slice for “Flirts with the FedEx guy”. Otherwise, accurate.
…and the Sparklets man
As a Director of First Impressions of 7 years, I must say that I find this chart most amusing. Reception work is harder than it looks (especially in a busy firm such as my own with NO direct dial) and sane bosses allow receptionists to have a little fun at their desks so we don’t go postal on people who don’t appreciate what we do. I check this site, for example, as a way to keep my mind off of the craziness. It’s part of my morale. And as long as the phone is actually answered, packages are signed for and guests are taken care of, who cares what we do to pass the time? I’ve co-produced THREE plays from my desk. You know, the thing I actually have a degree for. And my bosses allow this sort of thing because they know it isn’t a pox on their image. If anything, it shows that they know how treat people who don’t make near as much as everyone else in the office VERY well. Good people.
here, here!!
Fire her.
I hate when people turn nouns into verbs.
as a receptionist, i spend 0% talking about religion, 10% answering phones, 15% faxing, 25% sorting mail, 10% on reddit, 25% on lolcats, 5% trying to make no one notice i’m discretely listening to youtube, and 10% on graghjam and friends.
graghjam, sounds like a dwarvish warcry. GRAGHJAAAAAAAM!
wherever they work is where I want to work. At my office, I barely have time to breathe.
Was this graph written about one Cherimee Pitt, receptionist at Educational Advantage in Park City, utah? Because if it wasn’t, it’s uncanny how strongly it resembles her…
cold
I’m a receptionist at my college athletic office and this is pretty accurate…in my defense, I only started reading Twilight because they’re really long books. I also watch “Rescue Me” on Hulu and constantly email my friend who holds another mundane clerical job.
I’m totally jealous that you get Hulu at work. My company’s firewall won’t let me on. *pout*
somewhere in there needs to be “Getting bitched at by your boss, while the phones are ringing off the hook, for missing one phone call while you were faxing what might has well been a novel to someone for your boss.”
What you do during office hours: fool around on graph jam
receptionists are also made to tell untruths for others when they answer the phones. eg. ‘he’s in a meeting’, ’she’s at a clients office’, ‘he/she’s not at her desk just now’, ‘they’re out of the office today’. receptionists also eat at their desk sometimes, which i think is an unsightly spectacle to behold. where do they think they are? a cow field?!
Sounds like she’s possibly the worst person in the world.
And now my input from the point of view of a busy receptionist…
70%
Working while being spied on by nosy co-workers who are reading the mail in other people’s boxes.
10%
Being talked to (by co-workers and clients alike) as if I’m unintelligent due to my position.
Trying to discreetly listen to online radio (Like everyone else) while people watch my screen.
6%
Dropping everything I’m working on to fix/divert your … CRISIS. FYI… the paper is in the same location as the previous three times you asked.
7%
Trying to answer the phone and/or concentrate while you carry on your non-work related conversation over my desk.
5%
Taking a BEFORE I SNAP break at my desk (oxymoron..I know) while co-workers gawk at me “not doing anything all day” in spite of the piles of work that somehow “magically” get done.
1%
Working for free serving clients/co-workers that aren’t considerate of the fact that we close at 5p. Oh yeah! and occasionally paying daycare fees for being late.
1%
Wondering if I will ever escape a thankless low-paying job where one is chained to their desk and tortured with a thousand petty annoyances. Luckily I complete my degree soon… and yes I do my homework on MY time.
Cheers!