Secretarial Duties - A Drabble for 'Ladies First' - April 8th

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

The expression on Julia Armstrong’s face, as she entered the secretarial pool, was enough to strike fear into every woman there. They could tell she had bad news, and that it was going to make life quite difficult for someone.

“Illya is hurt,” she announced to the group.

“Is he alright?” Deirdre demanded

“He’ll be fine,” Julia replied, “But he’s in medical in the LA office, not here. Napoleon is here, so you know what that means.”

“He’ll be doing his own paperwork,” said Deirdre, with resignation. “And I have a feeling it’s my turn to decipher the Solo Hieroglyphics?”

Comments

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

hahahahaha! "it’s my turn to decipher the Solo Hieroglyphics?” Boy, this strikes close to home. Have you ever had to decipher doctor's handwriting? No small task. Downright illegible at times.

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

I remember back when my GP used to hand write prescriptions. I used to hope that the pharmacist didn't give me the wrong medication. Do you have to special training to read a doctor's writing?

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

No, just lots and lots of experience. Plus, when you know the diagnosis and what tests are normally ordered for that diagnosis, you can make an educated guess and then confirm with another nurse, pharmacist or the doc whose handwriting is atrocious. After being bugged about their poor handwriting, penmanship tends to improve. :-)