Receptionist Entry No. 12
As I’m walking through the lobby, The Receptionist asks me, “Esther, you don’t happen to know what the market closed on today, do you?” Apparently, she has a random client on hold.
“Something like 10,6[00] or 10,7[00]. Why don’t you look it up?”
“I don’t know how.”
“It’s on the first page of our intranet.”
She froze. “I don’t know how to look it up.”
“Open up a browser. Open up your Internet Explorer.”
“What?”
So I go over there and click on the infamous “e” with the little orbit around it. I point out the chart that shows the day’s Dow, S&P and NASDAQ on the top of our intranet page. I point at it, saying, “There.”
“Oh thanks.”
By the way, I work at a brokerage firm.
By the way, The Receptionist has worked at said brokerage firm for about 4 years.
By the way, that plasma TV behind her? It’s always tuned to CNBC.
SAD.
