better than hitler

So a little while back this woman really pissed me off. She has a really stupid name and she is a litigator here at the firm. This is her first year so she is constantly making the rounds to partners and other attorney's looking for work. I admire her work ethic. Sort of. But she is one of those people who thinks she is better than me. Or at least better than anyone who didn't go to law school. She also talks to all the secretaries like we are five years old. She wears really ugly suits and has an unflattering haircut. All that could be forgiven if she was in any way nice and/or interesting. She is neither.

Anyway, this was before I moved downstairs and she was sitting in Jake's office talking about new cases or whatever these people do all day. The door was open and since I was in her direct line of vision and only a few feet away I find it impossible to believe that she didn't realize I could hear everything she was saying.

I forget what led up to her comment but I believe she said "I just couldn't be a secretary. It would feel awful to know that if I was out anyone could do my job." She went on talking about how it must be awful to replaceable and blah blah blah.

HELLO ASSHOLE!!!!! You are a lawyer. There are about 1,000,000 other leaches out there that are perfectly qualified to do your job. You are a lawyer, you just follow a big long list of rules and make a lot of money. You aren't curing Cancer. There are plenty of people out there who could step in should you not make it into work. Not to mention all the other associates at the firm that are just waiting for someone to call in sick so they can come to the rescue, get on the partners good side, and get all the good cases. People that have worked 18 hours a day for five years aren't missed a second after they give notice.

That is how law firms work. No one becomes too important. No one is really necessary. Every single person can be replaced by another Yale law school graduate. Everyone else in the firm can do your job. That way if people are out they don't lose any billable hours. At most places when someone is out things back up or slow down, not here. Things just get passed on for someone else to take care of.

The sooner she realizes that the sooner she can get off that high horse and realize her job is just as pointless as mine. Sure she makes more money but that hasn't helped her buy a nice personality or even nice clothes. And she even lives in Jersey City for goodness sake. At least I get to do what I want all day. At least I don't have to sleep in my office, work 80 hour weeks, and waste away my twenties stressing out about contracts. Who cares if someone else can do my job? I don't care if a piece of monkey shit sat in my chair all day and no one could tell the difference. At least I'm not fat.

I don't really know why I am thinking about this. I just am. I just wish these people would get it into their heads that people are people and they aren't any better than any other people. Except maybe hitler. They are better than hitler.