Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:32 PM

cbdo2007 (6,559 posts)

There's a Administrative Professionals day and a Bosses Day - what about the rest of us??

Our company has like 30 bosses, 10 Administrative Professionals, and then like 100 of us who aren't bosses and aren't Administrative Professionals. I understand the Administrative Professionals celebrating their bosses and kissing their asses, that's what business is all about, then the bosses celebrating the Administrative Professionals by acting like they care and buying them a $10 starbucks gift card, but the rest of us have boss we have to celebrate without them celebrating us in return. Everyone has a boss but not everyone is an Administrative Professional, we're just the average worker. Ok, rant finished.

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There's a Administrative Professionals day and a Bosses Day - what about the rest of us?? (Original post)	cbdo2007	Apr 2012	OP
When in real estate I had an annual Team Day. By ballot the team decided what to do on that day.	ohiosmith	Apr 2012	#1
Show up in a tie die shirt, bermuda shorts, and sandals. Claim it's "Reformed Hippie Day".	HopeHoops	Apr 2012	#2
That doesn't sound very reformed.	bluedigger	Apr 2012	#3
Hey, I didn't mention a doobie.	HopeHoops	Apr 2012	#4
I suppose.	bluedigger	Apr 2012	#8
Be glad you don't have to deal	HappyMe	Apr 2012	#5
I do have to cause I have a boss.....that's the trick	cbdo2007	Apr 2012	#9
Shut up and get back to work...It's "rest-of-us day" every two weeks ...	ret5hd	Apr 2012	#6
People observe Bosses Day? Why?	CBGLuthier	Apr 2012	#7
we'd get lunch at the fanciest restaurant in town for administrative professionals day	fizzgig	Apr 2012	#10
A quit your bellyaching and get back to work day.	Swede	Apr 2012	#11
There is no Pilot's Day or Rock Star Wannabe's day	av8rdave	Apr 2012	#12

Response to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:39 PM

ohiosmith (23,984 posts)

1. When in real estate I had an annual Team Day. By ballot the team decided what to do on that day.

It was a paid day off and we would bring in temp staff to oversee the operation.

One year we had a golfing outing. One a day out on a yacht. One a trip to Vancouver Island to go fishing. Barbeques, picnics, concerts, pub crawls. It was great.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:40 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

2. Show up in a tie die shirt, bermuda shorts, and sandals. Claim it's "Reformed Hippie Day".

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:42 PM

bluedigger (10,580 posts)

3. That doesn't sound very reformed.

I'm unconvinced.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:49 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

4. Hey, I didn't mention a doobie.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 01:06 PM

bluedigger (10,580 posts)

8. I suppose.

The whole "showing up to work" thing makes a fairly compelling argument on it's own merits.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 01:02 PM

HappyMe (11,856 posts)

5. Be glad you don't have to deal

with any of those people.

All that Boss and Admin Day is a crock.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:15 PM

cbdo2007 (6,559 posts)

9. I do have to cause I have a boss.....that's the trick

everyone has a boss, but the bosses only have to recognize the Administrative Professionals.

How did this system get so screwed up like everything else out there?!?!

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 01:02 PM

ret5hd (10,076 posts)

6. Shut up and get back to work...It's "rest-of-us day" every two weeks ...

when i have to pay your sorry ass!!!

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 01:04 PM

CBGLuthier (8,944 posts)

7. People observe Bosses Day? Why?

I guess I worked for too many jerkoffs to see the point in that.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:27 PM

fizzgig (17,555 posts)

10. we'd get lunch at the fanciest restaurant in town for administrative professionals day

i worked at a law firm in my late teens (back when it was still called secretaries day) and it was the one time of year we were treated to a meal. it was me and four late middle aged women, so i was the only one sober that afternoon.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:36 PM

Swede (27,081 posts)

11. A quit your bellyaching and get back to work day.

It's the way of the new world.

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Response to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 07:33 AM

av8rdave (10,484 posts)

12. There is no Pilot's Day or Rock Star Wannabe's day

I'm crushed.

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