16 Struggles Admin Know All Too Well

    The Struggle Is Real Y'all!

    Farryn
    by Farryn

    BuzzFeed Staff

    In honor of #NationalAdminDay here are 16 things you should probably just stop doing immediately (or at least for today).

    1. This. This right here.

    FL

    "It happens far too often, but I always cringe when someone finishes the toilet paper*, grabs a new roll, and then leaves it sitting on top of/next to the holder."

    Oof. So close.

    (*same feeling for paper towels)

    2. Also, all of that.

    CJ

    "Notice the crushed can similarities, as soon as I saw this person crunch a can at their desk I knew instantly who the perp was!"

    So busted!

    3. Okay, this too.

    Warner Brothers / Via pinterest.com

    "We have a dishwasher. USE IT. I'm not even asking you to wash the dish! I know you see it, it's right next to the sink."

    You can do it. We believe in you.

    4. Every bit of this.

    NBC / Via Giphy.com

    "I'll have employees walk all the way to my desk (which is the farthest from the break room) just to tell me there is a spill/mess in the break room."

    Cue Liz Lemon: Oh, brother

    5. Scheduling = The. Bane. Of. Your. Existence.

    Assembly Film and Television / Via Giphy.com

    "My boss told me about this very important meeting we needed to schedule, that trumped everything. The next day he asked me, "why do I have this meeting scheduled during this time, you need to do a better job managing my calendar!" I had to remind him that we literally just talked about how important this was and to make it happen" Then he said all nonchalant, "Oh, yeah."

    #EAProblemz

    6. Error: 0x000loadthedangprinter035

    Davincipop / Via youtube.com

    "The color printer ran out of paper as an employee's print job was going. Instead of opening the drawer immediately below color printer marked PRINTER PAPER, the employee opens the adjacent black & white printer, removes all paper from the tray to fill color printer tray then walks away leaving black & white printer drawer hanging open and empty. My mouth fell to the floor and I was speechless at what I had just witnessed."

    *Picks jaw up off the floor*

    7. Dairy Godmother.

    DreamWorks/Apatow Productions / Via giphy.com

    "I was pinged by a coworker to tell me that they thought the milk in the fridge had gone bad. Ok - fair enough - but they just put that same milk back in the fridge. Then proceeded to ping me again to ask me to go to the fridge, pour out the milk, and recycle the container."

    *GASP*

    8. Two words: Expense. Reports.

    Expensify / Via i.makeagif.com

    "I have to remind my exec to give me receipts for expense reports which are supposed to be done weekly. Instead he gives me 6-8 months worth of receipts at a time all crinkled, curled, and faded. Then asks me 30 minutes later if I'm done."

    [insert major side eye]

    9. Phones are hard.

    NBC / Via cdn2.thegloss.com

    "My boss emailed me from their house and told me that their land line wasn't working. I knew that the phone was off the hook, but I didn't want to sound like a smart ass, so I had to coordinate with a third party to go out to his house and check it out. Yeah... The phone was off the hook."

    You're a saint. 😇

    10. Unsolved mysteries.

    RM

    "Found this steak knife next to the printer. Decided I didn't even want to know."

    The killer printer is on the loose again.

    11. EA ≠ PA

    Yahoo / Via Giphy.com

    "One of my lovely errands was running to the corner store for cans of tobacco dip on an almost daily basis."

    ... How did I get here?

    12. Utensil hoarders.

    ignoramusky / Via Youtube.com

    "I once found 20 spoons in our intern's desk."

    19 is my limit.

    13. The operator.

    NBC/The Office / Via giphy.com

    "My boss called me from London to have ME dial HIM into a conference call."

    Just let that sink in...

    14. Technology. Nothing in particular. Just all of it.

    Universal / Via Youtube.com

    "I never feel more popular than when something breaks around the office. I'm so glad you have so much faith in me, but I have no idea how to fix Google and I definitely can't fix it in the 3 seconds since you emailed me about it."

    Did you try turning it off and back on again? #GeekSquad

    15. Things that make you go hmmm...

    New Line Cinema / Via imoviequotes.com

    "My boss would ping me while I was working in the SF office and he was working from the NY office to coordinate with the NY kitchen staff to make him lunch - he was physically in that office and one floor away from the kitchen."

    I got a complicated order.

    16. And finally, booger monsters?

    Tumblr / Via 38.media.tumblr.com

    "No joke, I had to send an email to all the male employees regarding bathroom etiquette. On the walls of the stalls and the walls next to the urinal, someone started wiping their boogers and snot. Not in one particular stall - ALL of the stalls. There was toilet paper readily available, so no one understood why the culprit didn't use it to blow/pick his nose. I sent out an email to the team to stop wiping boogers on the stalls and stayed late after work to clean it (since the janitorial staff wouldn't)."

    😱 Is this real life?

    Well, apparently, it is AND it's an actual thing... "I stopped this exact problem with a note threatening DNA testing of the bio-material - boogers stopped!"

    🙌

    Have you hugged your admin today?

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    Aww they're beautiful! I shouldn't have.

    Have some 😱 moments of your own? Share them in the comments.