Buzz·Posted on Sep 12, 201423 Struggles All Administrative Assistants Will UnderstandPlease stop stealing all my pens.by Katie HeaneyBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Developing an extensive and intricate Post-It system that you couldn't explain to anyone else if you tried. View this photo on Instagram 2. Knowing that even this probably won't keep them from disappearing. View this photo on Instagram 3. The things you do when you are bored at your desk. Like this. View this photo on Instagram 4. And this. View this photo on Instagram 5. Being solely responsible for the conflicting schedules of dozens of people. View this photo on Instagram 6. The small, singular joy of using the office postage stamp machine. View this photo on Instagram 7. Having a desk that looks like this. View this photo on Instagram 8. And magically turning it into a set of beautiful, neat stacks for everyone else to enjoy. View this photo on Instagram 9. The fun sounds you get to hear in your surrounding environment all day. View this photo on Instagram 10. "Where is the printer paper?" —Everyone, somehow View this photo on Instagram 11. Them: "Can you change the toner?" You: [sigh] View this photo on Instagram 12. You know what, you just aren't gonna have clean hands at this job. View this photo on Instagram 13. The gifts your bosses get you. View this photo on Instagram 14. Your perpetual, dangerous proximity to the candy drawer. View this photo on Instagram 15. Having to take notes during meetings in which you barely have any idea what anyone's talking about. View this photo on Instagram 16. When your work gets in the way of what you're *actually* trying to concentrate on. View this photo on Instagram 17. The way your co-workers "inform" you that one of the office supplies has run out. View this photo on Instagram 18. Realizing that you are also considered the office maid. View this photo on Instagram 19. And trying to come up with a way to phrase the kitchen signs that isn't, "You are all pigs." View this photo on Instagram 20. Knowing what it feels like to fall in love with an object. View this photo on Instagram 21. Your growing expertise in "things that can be turned into makeshift paper cut bandages." View this photo on Instagram 22. Giving in to using one of these. View this photo on Instagram 23. The unparalleled terror of returning to your desk to this sight. View this photo on Instagram