I just received a phone call from my former secretary--at 5:15 on the eve of a 3-day weekend. I assumed it was DH calling, or I probably would have let it go to voicemail.
She said that I had received a magazine from an industry organization that my firm had signed me up with, and wanted to know if she should forward it to me.
I've been gone for more than 6 weeks, and have presumably received numerous mailings in that time, but suddenly she wants to know if I want my junk mail forwarded? She beat around the, "so what have you been up to?" bush a couple of times, and I gave intentionally vague answers. But she eventually came right out and asked whether I was working.
I am almost certain that someone told her to call to find out my status. I think that it might have been a result of my cashing out my 401K this week (my seed money if I go solo.) The plan administrator--who is the office manager, would have to sign off, and would therefore be alerted to what I was doing.
Maybe they think I'm destitute and feel bad for treating me like shit. Maybe they are up to their eyeballs in work, since two more associates have quit since I did, and think there is some chance in hell that I would go back there. Maybe they are just being nosy.
Regardless, whether or not I am working is none of their f'ing business, and they really shouldn't have sent my former secretary in to do their dirty work. At the very least, they should have come up with better cover for their phone call--like a question about a case I was working on. But to call about junk mail--really???
Do I sound like a paranoid crazy person?
5 comments:
omg... that place sounds just like a small firm I worked at for 8 months (felt like 10 years)... and the games they played! the games!.. be glad u are out of there! I say go solo, it sounds like u would be great at it!!
Yeah, they're totally being nosy! Maybe they regret letting you go.
Yes, but...what did you say?!
I said, "This has worked out really well, since the kids are out of school. I'm just hanging out with the girls for the summer."
Of course, in hindsight I thought of several snarkier or dodgier responses--but I wouldn't have wanted to get snarky with Secretary anyway. It's not her fault she got put into a bad position.
How classless of them! You're definitely not being paranoid.
In reference to your last post, I hope your AC gets fixed quickly. I don't think you can survive the summer heat in your town without functioning AC in your car!
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