Identify your tolerance for Greeting Card Holidays

[Chet]

Since today is "Administrative Professionals Day", what did you do to show your appreciation for your support staff? My secretary is wonderful - she "runs interference" all the time and does the little things that make all the difference, like pulling relevant files to give me along with the telephone message. A card and a bouquet of a dozen pink roses was the least I could do.

 

[Habanero]

Where's "PLANNER APPRECIATON DAY" ?!?!?!?!

If you don't already know how I feel about our support staff up here, I fully explain my frustrations under Planning Peeves. They did get recognized, but I think it's sad that we act like answering phones and re-filling the paper in the copier is a big deal. I don't see what they do that is so hard, half the time the other staff has to come behind them and field the phone calls because they all want to go out to lunch with one another, or they are too lazy to figure out what our department does so they pass them to us.
Like, just now, I just had to pass a call to Building Inspections that got sent to me (we don't DO fence permits in the Planning Department) and sign for a package because they are all over at one of their desks with their back to the front counter. I'd liek to give them a dozen pink slips-

Where's "PLANNER APPRECIATON DAY" ?!?!?!?!

 

[Tranplanner]

Why, EVERYDAY is planner appreciation day, isn't it?

Isn't it?

My section has no admin support...at least not directly.

 

[NHPlanner]

My support staff is on a cruise in the Carribean right now....I'm answering phones...WHERE'S MY CARD!

 

[Jen]

The local new rock radio station guys were calling it working woman's day. Like no guys ever type and do administrative work. I hate hallmark holidays. Religious one's too.

 

[kms]

I don't like hallmark holidays, the ones made up to sell more cards.

The secretaries in my old office all lobbied to have their titles changed, but always accepted the secretaries' day lunch. They once called a big meeting withtthe manager and requested that tech staff address their own envelopes. My reply was that we already type our own letters which saved them time and work and that they could at least prepare the envelopes.

Now they call it administrative professionals' week; I guess the restaurants got too crowded when they just had a day.

I will say that our technical staff secretary was outstanding, and began to assume more technical responsibilities. I won't comment on the rest of them.

 

[el Guapo]

It freaks people out...

...when you get married at 35 and then all of a sudden send out Christmas cards for the first time in your life that look they were made by adults. It also helps quiet the persistent rumors.

I hate Christmas cards - but they are an efficient way to get caught up with the people on the fringe of your social agenda. We always include a letter and some photos.

I ignore every other man-made holiday card opportunity.

Jen - no REAL man does secretarial work. Sorry.

 

[Tranplanner]

Re: It freaks people out...

El Guapo wrote:
I ignore every other man-made holiday card opportunity.

Does this mean I won't be getting a Save-the-Kittens Day card from you this year El Guapo?

 

[el Guapo]

Please let this be the last Kitten Anything!

Please...I'm begging you!

For: Tranplanner - use this as you see fit.

 

[Downtown]

Hi. I am addicted to note cards.

I'm with *****- our staff rocks. Even though I'm the most junior planner on the staff, pots of violets for our three "admin support" - they definitely go above and beyond and I am really really spoiled. However, I also work in an office that goes out of its way to create work for our admin to keep the ladies happy - so anything that gets typed, I fill out a worksheet and the admin types it up for me.

Sadly, I'm a psychotic card sender - I wish there were a 12 step program. But at least I don't just sign the pre-written message, I buy blank cards and write my own sentiment. And christmas cards are a poetical extravaganza - i hate the copied "Christmas Letter" - not to offend any christmas letter-ers. So we write our own christmas limericks about the year's highlights - additional dogs, new house, jobs, etc - short and sweet.

 

[el Guapo]

I do the Xerox Letter!

I love getting and sending the letter. Next year I am just going to give a web link to the family Christmas web page. Everyone I send cards to are now on line!

 

[mike gurnee]

This is National Volunteers' Week. Did you remember your board members? I had no choice. Cards were handed to me to sign and send.

 

[Tranplanner]

Re: Please let this be the last Kitten Anything!

El Guapo wrote:
For: Tranplanner - use this as you see fit.

Good timing - my fiancee has been away for the past three days...

 

[Chet]

ROTFLMAO!

El Guapo wrote:
Everyone I send cards to are now on line!

El Guapo - send them an ecard from:

www.pickleparty.com

 

[donk]

Where's Planers day?

The closest thing we (planners) have is on Novemebr the 8th... world town planning day. Go to work, get yelled at for doing your job and not be appreciated. Inform all of those developers, consultants and other malcontents that they should plan accordingly.

seriously though, from the cip web page

http://www.cip-icu.ca/English/aboutplan/wtpd2001.htm

from the apa web page

http://www.planning.org/worldtown/default.htm

 

[Downtown]

thank you so much for that site. I just sent my sister in law a card. tremendous, absolutely tremendous.

 

[Chet]

Dare I ask?

KMateja wrote:
I just sent my sister in law a card. tremendous, absolutely tremendous.

Care to tell us which card?

 

[Downtown]

http://www.pickleparty.com/ecards/card_128.html

 

[Tranplanner]

That is just cruel - you must really get along with your sister-in-law Maybe you should hook her up with Dan...

 

[Downtown]

My sister in law and I do get along, for the most part. But I just wouldn't inflict her upon poor Dan. Although she is quite the attractive lass, she can be a bit shallow, and I doubt she'd end up with anyone who couldn't support her Lancome habit, ie: Doctor, Lawyer, CPA. But she really is a crap load of fun to go out with.