Have I not seen the disadvantage of working on this all by myself, I probably won't request for a secretary, I don't know what her true stories are, but descriptions like that can definitely take away all your chances of getting a work you're on the hunt for.
I'm used to opening my office door, so that when there's a knock on the outer door, I can hear them and go and open them myself, but with my secretary here, there's no more need for that, I don't want any sort of distraction from anyone at all, so I closed my office door, not locking them though, just closed them where she can get to open them by bending the door knob.
With her few hours in here, we haven't seen eye to eye though, it's almost noon, I used the first two hours in teaching her about her roles here, how she's meant to handle stuff, how she should get to schedule my meetings with my clients, she should try handling the minor ones based on her experience and get me into meeting the serious ones.
The plan was to just let the minor ones slide away because I don't have such time like the one I spent with that man, but having learnt about humans like we all are, I have happened to understand that sometimes, a person just need someone to listen to their stories, not that your opinion won't matter to them, but giving them a hearing ear is quite enough for them, so despite recommending their case as minor, I can't just let them leave with no assurance, so that's the service she's to offer them while I handle the critical ones.
When I was directing her on her roles, I couldn't really believe that this was her first time doing this job, the way she was handling and organizing things around her and those I have shown her was quite impressive, when I am curious about something, I strive to know, and to see that I can't just let go of my curiousness, I asked to know on how she was so good at what she does, she gave all the praise to YouTube, saying that she has learnt all she knew about this work from their, I wonder if we were going on the right path on this or I am getting myself into a heavy crash landing that will ruin me in half.
I was taught to believe in people's potential, that's what I am doing, and getting to noon already, things are still in order for now, I have heard some people come and go, I couldn't see them because the door to my office were closed, but I have ears for such kind of things.
I was all focused on my book when I heard a knock on my door, I looked up at the door as If I would ever see through it and know who was standing at the other end, I permitted the person to come in, and it was Miss Joseph, my secretary. I have to get myself to sit erect and look into her face, waiting to hear why she's here.
“ Sir.... I was wondering what to get you for lunch since it's almost time to get lunch...”. I looked at the time and realized it's 13:00 already, how come time flies like this whenever I am focusing on my books?. I asked her never to mind, that I wasn't hungry, I returned my attention to my laptop before me, but noticed her frame from the top side of my laptop, the blurred view her frame was giving me because my attention wasn't actually on her.
“ Is there something else you still need?....”, I questioned, curiosity building up inside my head like always, always thinking. “ Sir... I'm not trying to be rude in anyway, I was just wondering whether you would mind me resetting your office environment, they definitely don't look in great shape....”.
I turned my head around in my office, looking at every angle, everything is in place, well organized and things kept exactly where I can reach them, every single thing in here looks in order to me, so I totally don't understand where she's going with this. She definitely told me that she doesn't want to be rude, but I can't deny that I felt a bit off inside me considering her own review for the look of my office.
“ Don't worry about that Lydia.... I believe everything is exactly intact as I left them, you can go....”, I returned my attention back into the lit screen before me, I saw her leave my office, then I looked up again and looked around, I just don't understand what she's talking about, everything looks in place to me.
After the day was over, I locked my office and was about to leave outside the main entrance door, that's when I noticed she was there, she was too focused on her screen, her hand putting papers aside while she's automatically getting things done like it was the way her mind has programmed her body.
Making a slight tap on the table, she looks up, seeing me standing there before jumping to her feet, her hands interlocked together below her waist as she was looking at me. Her looks never changed much, but you can tell that she's being working a lot, some strands of hair escaping her ponytail organized hair.
“ Aren't you done with today's work?, It's getting late, like quite late for you to still be working until now ”. She looked at the wall clock, I can tell that the 06:23 p.m. on the wall clock scared the sh*t out of her.
“ I will start rounding up Sir, I will be done in few minutes....”, she assured me, trying to smile, possibly thinking that I am going to be moved by that, I don't actually know, I just offered her a piece of her own key to the office as I turned around and left the office.