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For the Last Time, Attending to Your Cuticles Isn’t Your “Job”

Receptionist: Ugh! I don’t understand how I can do my job when the phone keeps ringing!

St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: doing her job

  • Posted on August 4, 2015
  • General Idiocy, Gripes, Missouri, Receptionists
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