Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Common Sense, or the lack thereof

Yesterday, LS#2 took some documents over to the Circuit Clerk's Office. Three sets to be exact, and while there were problems with all of them when she returned, that is not what actually inspired this post.

We have several this-is-how-it-is-no-exceptions rules in this office. The one that you need to know here is "the attorney checks everything before it is taken to the Circuit Clerk's Office" (actually, before we take documents anywhere--but that is where LS#2 was going on this particular outing.) Let me just point out that she did follow the rules, if you are one of those technical types. She did bring the docs in to the attorney, but the attorney was on the phone. She flipped through them then handed them back to LS#2 who proceeded to run her little errand (incorrectly as it was).
That evening after everyone else had left for the day the attorney said to me "perhaps we should make it clear that the staff is not to give me the documents while I am on the phone." To which I thought "duh" (meaning that we don't give her documents while she is on the phone--not that I thought we needed to tell people. Seriously? You have to tell people that?) Anyway--fast forward to today:

As LS#2 is preparing all three sets of documents again for her return trip, LS#1 and PL/Biller are in the general vicinity so I decide now is a great time to start informing of the new "don't try to show attorney documents when on the phone" rule. So I state the same, as PL/Biller is walking into the attorney's office to grab the calendar. She quickly walks out of attorney's office and inquires what I just said (slightly concerned because apparently all she heard was "no" and "when attorney is on the phone" and she thought I said not to go in her office at all when she was on the phone.) I figure that, since LS#2 is still standing nearby, it couldn't hurt for her to hear it again since I am certain her name only contains a few letters because if it were any longer she would probably forget it, so I reiterate what I had just said, and without missing a beat PL/Biller replies "Isn't that just common sense."
Now, as is usual, LS#2 automatically gets defensive and spews forth excuses like a kid that didn't do his homework and PL/Biller realizes that this was an actual problem and the person standing next to her was the offending party. She simply turns and walks down the hall, turning halfway to mouth her apologies. Of course, I cannot look up; after all she did voice my thoughts exactly and I am already trying to hold it together and if I look up I will have to try even harder to not laugh.

And as I walk into her office for the "that was inappropriate" talk, she is already profously apologizing and we both are now wondering the same thing:

When LS#2 finally decides to do it, which one of us is going down first?

1 comment:

meek84 said...

Bwhahahahahahaha...my money is on you....you have to be there and she can hide in her office.

~M