One of the attorneys (the one who I work directly under) has been directing the secretaries to scan her appellate orders directly into our network as soon as they're filed, so she can access them at any time. (Does this sound impressive? I have no idea what it means). So anyway, I guess one of the secretaries has been scanning and e-mailing it to the other who is supposed to be putting it on the network, but they hate each other. So somewhere along this chain of events that are supposed to take place, someone isn't doing what they're supposed to be doing (shocker, doesn't this sound like every workplace?). And everyone is pointing fingers to each other. (Think "I scanned it and e-mailed it, SHE didn't put it on the network" vs. "I never got this e-mail" vs "You never gave me this" vs. "You never told me to do this", etc.).
The attorney I work under is leaving on Wednesday morning to go on vacation for a week, so I was in her office yesterday afternoon getting the instructions for what I'm supposed to be working on while she's gone. She's looking through the network for the scanned copy of the appellate order that is supposed to be only a click away....
any guesses on whether or not the order was on the network?
She says to me "Excuse me, I need to speak to someone about this," picks up the phone, and the next thing I hear is:
"WHO DO I HAVE TO FUCK OR KILL AROUND HERE TO GET A DAMN APPELLATE ORDER SCANNED?!"
ooooohwheeeee I'm glad I am not the one in charge of the scanning. yikes.
at least it wasnt who do i have to fucking kill - she cant be tooo too tooo mad if shes still in a propositioning mood
ReplyDeleteI came across your blog while at work, I think I was reading PIPM and saw your blog and one of my best friends is a lawyer and I love Legally Blonde so I started reading and I was hooked.
ReplyDeleteYesterday's post about your SSN and this post both remind me of stories that my friend has told me.
As far as this one goes it sounds like the one who is emailing needs to start requesting a read receipt when her her message is being sent so that there is no question has to whether or not the person scanning the document received the email or not.
P had issues with paralegals who were older than her who thought they knew more then she did and tried to boss her around.
Aahh the legal life, it's craziness! While every office has it's quirks I think the legal environment is a league of it's own!!
Omg.....lol that is some funny poo. Apparently i have been going about my job all wrong & need to start using her approach. lol
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha Glad to know that stuff happens EVERYWHERE.
ReplyDeleteHaha, that's awesome. Before I went to law school I was a paralegal at a firm in Chicago and was offered one of two offices when I started. They said the first one was in a corner kind of out of the way and only near a storage locker and the other office was next to the loud foul-mouthed attorney. OF COURSE I took the one next to the attorney. Constant entertainment and a pretty consistent state of fear.
ReplyDeletehahaha, that is classic...glad I was on the other end of the phone!
ReplyDeletei just stumbled across your blog and love it! i am a 2L right now so I love finding another (blonde) blogger i can relate to.
ReplyDeleteOh em gee. That is priceless!!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds just like my office. I LOVE it:)
ReplyDeleteHoly crap! I feel bad for whoever has that job! Yikes...
ReplyDeleteHoly shit that's hilarious. I wish I could yell something like that. But people might not like it in my office.
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