The horror of admin work.

I wish there was a permanent way of getting rid of administrative work. So far, it has proved to be the least interesting and most persistant thing I have had to deal with. Firstly, there are the machines. They are smart, efficient things that develop faults only when one has a deadline to meet. They never seem to work when you want them to. I am starting to suspect that they are conspiring against me. Then there are the non cooperative clients. They will not hand in the required paperwork when you ask them to and will not honour their promises to get back to you. They expect to be paid without submiting the necessary paperwork. When they realise that they have not been paid and are broke and want their money, they go from not phoning to calling a hundred times a day. Thirdly, there are the service providers who think they are providing the customer a free service. They come in, drink coffee, pretend to be busy and leave without doing anything. Some do not bother showing up for meetings or appointments and their phones are always on voice mail. When they do decide to come and work, they show up a few minutes before knock off time. Lastly, there is that device called a phone that will not stop ringing and on whose other end is the customer who thinks they know your company better than the person who started it. In light of the above challenges which are but the tip of the iceberg, one can surely understand why I think admin work is not the most pleasant.