![]() ![]() I had a degree in Classics and no work experience to speak of, and I turned up for the interview with a black eye, a couple of missing teeth and a broken arm. Bob, the owner, took me on not long after the office opened. I'm nearly thirty years old now and I've been working here since I was twenty-one. It became a bit boring to see their faces blank over when I explained that it was back office stuff, that I didn't get to use the fine-tipped pens and the fancy software. When I first started working here, whenever anyone asked, I told them that I worked for a graphic design company, but then they assumed I was a creative type. ![]() I'm delighted that I don't have to get into the fascinating intricacies of accounts receivable with them. I can't decide whether that's because I fit perfectly with their idea of what an office worker looks like, or whether people hear the phrase work in an office and automatically fill in the blanks themselveslady doing photocopying, man tapping at a keyboard. In almost eight years, no one's ever asked what kind of office, or what sort of job I do there. >When people ask me what I dotaxi drivers, hairdressersI tell them I work in an office. ![]()
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