A Recovering Administrative Assistant

Because it's a 1950's-wife-mindset thing...

When I was 21, I took my first temp job. Before I was fired that same day, I was shifting through papers - the red here, the yellow over there, the green here…. I imagine I didn’t know the emotional lay of the land for the servants of the corporate world. I didn’t know these rules yet:

• Smile, or at least act like you’re resigned. Don’t ever show on your …