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In response to "Strange office day. We have a secretary here who is retiring today. She has been with the firm almost since the firm's inception (nearly 40 years). " by pmb

She probably got bit by a rabid co-worker back in the 70s and just never forgot.

Posted by GregW (aka not2fast) Dec 18 '15, 14:26

Most likely just very high social anxiety that fit in well with the job so she never had to learn new life skills.

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In her younger days she was known for her temper. The most famous story in firm lore is of her hurling a stapler at the head of one of the senior - pmb Dec 18, 14:30 12
- A good secretary is hard to find especially lawyerly ones. -- nm - third stormtrooper on the right or left depending Dec 18, 14:44
- I love that offices like this existed. - Mel Profitine Dec 18, 14:38 4
  - Yeah, there are some great "back in the day" stories that would just never fly now. -- nm - pmb Dec 18, 14:41 3
    - I firmly believe that the current office etiquette is correct. - Mel Profitine Dec 18, 14:50 2
      - I was a temp at one place when I had to yell at a coworker who was bad mouthing me. - third stormtrooper on the right or left depending Dec 18, 14:56
      - "Back in my day, we could hurl a stapler or bottle of Jack at someone's head and not kill anyone or need a national conversation on it!" -- nm - OOG: original office gangster Dec 18, 14:53
- that's kind of badass. -- nm - znufrii Dec 18, 14:37
- Who did she have dirt on that she *kept her job* after that? -- nm - ty97 Dec 18, 14:33 3
  - She had worked with that partner for 15 years already. They were like a dysfunctional married couple. -- nm - pmb Dec 18, 14:35 2
    - The partner probably figured they deserved it -- nm - JD Dec 18, 14:43
    - yeah, i've been in those firms -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 18, 14:39
- Heh, Ida Blankenship. -- nm - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 18, 14:31

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She probably got bit by a rabid co-worker back in the 70s and just never forgot.

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