I have a new title at work. This title has been granted to me by a co-worker that is younger than me and a little mentally challenged. She likes to call me “The Secretary”.
For a little insight, this girl doesn’t know the first thing about the printing industry (an area in which I have a bachelor’s degree). She actually asked me today what the sales tax percentage in Florida was and if that was “times .07″ on the calculator. She also asked me what the dimensions of a bi-fold was - on an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper. For those of you who are wondering.. a bi-fold means to fold in half which would make the paper 5.5 x 8.5!
Maybe I’m not “hip” or “with it”, but as far as I know, the title “secretary” went out in the late 70’s. It’s a very degrading term, sexist and painfully outdated.
This girl insists on calling me a secretary. After working there for 3 weeks and 2 days I’m a little shy about confronting her with the problem, but whenever she uses the term it makes me want to spit nails into her eye sockets.
If I recall, the actual title of my position was “Customer Service Rep”.
Does anyone out there have a suggestion on how I should confront this young lady without knocking her teeth out?
Please help!!!
