Wild Tasks Assistants Have Been Asked To Do

6.

This post-employment carpet cleaning request:

“While working as a legal assistant I had one lawyer boss who was constantly challenging me. On my last day at the firm (Friday) he called me into his office and asked if I could leave my keys for the carpet cleaners scheduled to come the next day (Saturday). I told him that I had already handed them in to HR because this was my last day. 

He then asked if the other assistant could leave her keys. I told him that she had already left for the day. He didn’t say anything else, so I left his office and went home at the end of the day, no longer employed there. The next morning (Saturday), I got an angry phone call from the same lawyer boss demanding an explanation as to where I was. I was SUPPOSED to be at the office to let in the carpet cleaners! 

When I recounted our conversation of the previous day, he acted like he had no recollection of it. I would be lying if I said he didn’t call me a few weeks later with a similar delusional request.”

—Anonymous