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Let’s Play The Blame Game

Personally, I’m a pro.

Photo by Andrey Metelev on Unsplash

I’m a legal secretary, which is either a great job or the absolute worst, most abysmal occupation that has ever existed. It depends on the day.

Are there worse things than being a legal secretary? Maybe. For example:

1. Being held in a Turkish prison.
2. Being waterboarded.
3. Undergoing battlefield amputation during the Civil War without anesthetic.
4. Being the person who tastes food for a particularly detested monarch. (In fact, the English word credenza comes from the practice of placing food on a side table for the royal taster to taste and give credence to before giving it to a monarch.)

I’m aggravated on a daily basis, not least because my boss is best described as, “What if one of those toy monkeys with cymbals could be a lawyer?”

Sorry, I’m a little gif-happy today. I got a flu shot yesterday, so I probably have a…