when a coworker feels they are above answering the phone I have a problem with that ... unless you are the boss I see no reason why anyone should be above pitching to to answer the phone ... every office job I have had there is someone like that ...


what makes me crazy is when 75% of the incoming calls are for that one person ... and 70% of those calls are personal ...


if I were to ever get an overabundance of personal calls at work I would try and pick up the phone as much as possible ... because I wouldn't want people to think I spent my whole day talking to my boyfriend/husband/child/sister/mother/best friend ... whatever the case may be ...


it isn't so bad here because we don't get too many phone calls ... not like the other jobs I have had ... but the woman here who feels she is above answering the phone gets so many personal calls it is CRAZY ... all day long ... she is chatting with someone ... without shame ... you can hear her all over the office ... it is something I just wouldn't do ...