Something We Didn’t Know About Receptionists

We’ve underestimated them. For eons, we’ve thought receptionists were just pretty faces with good phone etiquette redirecting our calls. The sentinels of the company. The greeter of all guests. Sitting behind those fortress-like desks with only their eyes peering over the top, they’ve fooled everyone.

We’ve always thought they were spending the time between phone calls creating the world’s biggest rubber band ball, or adding another yard to their paperclip chain. Maybe an occasional random paper shredding of blank pages, or a noisy refill of the candy dish for the sake of the “fake busy” façade. No, sir! Those hours behind the fortress were spent contemplating the big questions in life. The questions that have everyone stumped. Receptionists are the shamans of the new millennia.

Now, a rare glimpse into the mind of a receptionist. In this case, Jenna Fischer, “Pam” on NBC’s The Office, wrote “10 Things You Don’t Know About Women” for the September issue of Esquire Magazine. These words of wisdom emerged after Pam left the substandard “Roy” at the alter, and “Jim” moved to Connecticut, marking the beginning of her long spiral down into the abyss of unrequited love.

A crafty aspiring director/crew member of The Office brings these words of wisdom to the world by way of his camera phone. Starring the cast and crew of the popular sitcom, it’s a fresh and unfiltered look at modern relationships.