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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Secretary here again--this whole thread is very degrading. "I wish I could leave my high-powered, highly-paid, high-responsibility job so I can just sit at the front desk smiling and drooling, and not have a care in the world." Maybe I should become a housekeeper, a nanny or mow lawns--those people seem so happy and carefree!

Ugh.[/quote]

Its lighthearted to them, until they have to live on the salaries. This thread is no better than saying something like I wish I was poor so I didn't have to worry about [insert rich bitch problem here], or I wish I was homeless so I don't have to deal with the headaches of homeownership. I think we all recognize it'd be quite rude and insensitive to say those things, and this is no different. You are fortunate enough to have received the education you did, and have many of the opportunities that got you where you are, and its a slap in the face to those of us who had no choice or opportunities to make light of our daily experience. These people you envy have problems and worries too, some of them far more real than yours. [/quote]

It's not just the salaries.  It's the total lack of respect they'll receive in the lower position.  Most of these people who think being an admin is a relaxing job have never had to work a job like that.  This is what happens when you live an entitled life all of your life.  More people should have to work as admins before having their high-powered job, so they have a better idea of what the real world is really like.[/quote]

Why do you assume that most of us with these fantasies have not worked crappy admin/receptionist/assistant/secretary jobs in the past?  I certainly did, and I still fantasize about going back sometimes.  I also worked at Barnes and Noble as a second job, during that time, which rocked.[/quote]

+1. I'm one of the other PPs and I have absolutely worked as an admin before. For years. Didn't realize I had been living an "entitled life" all this time![/quote]

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