Just so you know, just for today, if you call around lunchtime, you won’t get an answer. Call back in the early afternoon.
At lunchtime, Melanie, office manager and client care manager, will be down the street…I’m taking her out for lunch.
It was Administrative Professional’s Day on Wednesday. We didn’t celebrate on Wednesday…cuz it was Del’s first day solo on the job. Which means Melanie wasn’t around on Wednesday. She works .8 for us, and takes Wednesday’s off…or is supposed to…but when we were short starting in February, and it took us a coupla months to hire Del…well, without much discussion she just worked 5 days/week. It was her first Wednesday off in almost 3 months.
I asked her to make sure she didn’t work too hard, and to make sure that she didn’t let us take advantage of her…but Melanie is one of these workers with an old fashioned work ethic. If there is something to be done, she does it, so she can go home knowing she did a good job. When the Wednesday gap opened up, she filled it temporarily until we could fill it properly. I didn’t ask her to, she just started doing it.
It’s a treat when the people a person works with are also friends. We laugh every day and we have calm discussions about issues and collaborate on solutions that feel “right”. Sometimes she’ll tell me a story about a friend, or something she did, or a conversation she had…and her wisdom and understanding and caring show through…and I’m inspired to be a better person from her example.
So…hope you feel celebrated today, Melanie. We will use opportunities like Administrative Professional’s Day to let you know…but really hope that you feel the love every day. Thanx for making the entire orgaization work so effectively!
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