The Hope pioneer., 1914-11-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INC0nSIDERA1E men
BY RAY MAoILL.

First the telephone rang. Then the
buzzer buzzed. Then a voice from
the inner Office called sharply for tho
little stenographer.
"You can all wait until I'm good
and ready" announced the little sten.
ographer, decidedly, to the world in
general.
After this declaration Of indepen'
dence she hastily answered the phone.
then grabbed book and pencil and hur.
ried into the inner Office. pausing an
instant on the way to let the owner
Of the impatient voice know that she
was engaged.
II tell you." she remarked to the
bookkeeper when she returned. Il get
so exasperated sometimes that al
most explode! These men make me
awfully tired! Here I've been work
ing all the years that they've been
having a good time getting educated.
Then they come into the office. and.
after selecting the lightest window
and the most comfortable chair. they
think they're busy!
Here I am-with my desk piled
high with real work! And what do
you suppose that young Mr. Babcock
wanted? He calmly asked me to take
q few letters-personal thank you let
ters-to friends Of his who entertain
ed him on his trip! And In each one
he excused himself for using a steno'
grapher on tho ground that he was so
pressed for time! Pressed for time!
Why, he doesn't know. how to dll In
hours!
DO you know what Mr.. Brown was
60 urgent about? He's been calling
out here for ten minutes. while was
engaged, and I thought 1t couldn't be
anything less than drawing up a con-
tract! But there he sat, looking over
his last months personal account. and
he was too lazy to think for himself!
He wanted me to stand there beside
him and 60 through the things with
him-because, as he said, two heads
are better than one! What he might
have said, II he'd been strictly truth
full, Is that my head is better than
his!
"This morning Mr.. Gray came stroll
ling in an hour after things had begun.
and he sat down and read newspa'
per and smoked cigar before he went
through his mail. Then he called me
In to take his letters, and though !
purposely let him know how much
work I had piled up he gave me half
q dozen phone numbers to call for
him! And he sat there looking out
Of the window while got his numbers
on the telephone! Oh. it makes me
so angry. I'd like to express myself
from public platform on the wrongs
Of busy stenographers!"
The bookkeeper listened sympathet'
ically. Il must own," he said, that
they're an inconsiderate bunch!"
"Inconsiderate!" cried the little
stenographer. "They do 1t on pur
pose. They've got it into their thick
heads that they're business men. and
they can't be bothered with detail
and the little things. They're such big
men! Their time IL awfully valuable
and mustn't be wasted!
do you know what I'm going to do
sometime? I'm going to accept a pro-
posal Of marriage. Thatll make mo
free to do as please. Then I'm com.
Ing down to the office. the same as
usual. When the buzzer buzzes I'll go
In. and I'll take the business letters,
| but when a personal letter comes I'll
simply say, I'm busy today Then.
when they ask me to get some phone
numbers. I'll say. I see you aren't at
all busy; would you mind getting
those numbers yourself? I've a great
deal of work to do!' Then I'll walk
out to my desk!
when Mr.. Brown calls me away
In the midst Of an important letter t.
stand at his side while he leans back
in his swivel chair 80 that may help
him add up figures and straighteu
out accounts I'll say. Mr.. Brown. I'm
very busy today. and II you've moth
ing Of importance to say you'll have
to excuse met
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