Ah the joys of Shodor in the summer: capers and odaa.

Unlike home when I was growing up, Shodor doesn’t out and out call the random extraneous chores they have interns (and to a lesser extent apprentices) do chores, per se. Nope, here they’re capers. Shodor capers are (often rudimentary) tasks that need to be done to keep the whole operation running smoothly (take care of recycling, answer the phones, check kids in, watch kids at lunch and break, etc.

Today I got pegged to handle the reception desk. Answering the phone, receiving packages, making sure kids get checked-in and -out correctly, ordering pizza for a workshop lunch - it was fun. Unfortunately, since I’m only in the office on a once-a-week basis, I don’t get to do this again all summer.

Being on reception desk duty also makes for no odaa calls, or ‘other duties as assigned’. Really, the capers are odaa, but it’s planned ahead of time, rather than a ‘I need help moving these shelves and boxes from the lobby to the office, emptying the boxes, and then schlepping the cardboard to the recyle area’ type of last-minute request.

Posted by wmyers in work