Silent Rebellion

I have been gone from work 5 days. Well really I had to train on Friday night and Sunday morning, and I have been getting calls and texts to answer work questions so really I don’t feel like I have been “out of the office” at all. On my first day back I had at the top of my to-do list one simple task --type up the minutes from the full-time staff meeting on Aug 31st. It took me ALL DAY TO DO IT!

At my very late lunch hour I finally figured out why. I was rebelling.
When I was hired at BYU close to15 years ago, I was hired as the Office Manager. I was not hired as a secretary. I never wanted to be a secretary – I didn’t want to do things a secretary did.
Today I rebelled against that secretary hole I have been stuck in.
I have always had a good head on my shoulders and being able to solve problems. A little into my first job –while I was a high school senior I might add-- I became one of the merchandisers for the store I worked for. There were only 2 of us for the whole store! And my “success” continued with each job. My last job before I came to BYU, I was the office/facilities manager for a company that was a side shoot of a Fortune 500 company. The budget I had to oversee was mind boggling! One of the few amounts I remember was the monthly phone bill that I made sure was paid was close to $65,000.00. I changed leases and renegotiated contracts and modified how the offices in the Utah locations made purchases and I was able to save the company tens of thousands of dollars a year. I had 2 part time secretaries and another full time one that I shared with a vice president. I WAS NOT THE SECRETARY!
And then today. I had to type up minutes from a meeting that was 2 hours --that could have been completed in less than 45 minutes if I had been conducting.

And so I rebelled.

No one knew.

Now you know.

And I will tell you another secret. Tomorrow after I complete training my staff, I have to type up more  minutes from another meeting.  And there might be another silent rebellion.