Why I Hate My Job

My boss asked me to find a document called "Written Representations" in a file today. This is the procedure I have to go through in order to find stuff around here:

1. First I have to open the pleadings index in Word and search for the words "Written Representations". In this case, there were 107 references to "Written Representations" in a 34-page list of 500 documents.

2. Once I find the specific Written Representations I'm looking for, I take note of their pleading number: in this case, it was 453.

3. Then I close this pleading index and open the sub-file index, which is 22 pages long and contains 144 different boxes of documents.

4. I search for pleading #453 and discover it is located in Box 48L, in slot 110. Thankfully, this box is still onsite. Most of them are located offsite and have to be ordered from Records Management.

5. Then I have to go to the file room, find the box, lift the heavy box off the shelf and search through it for pleading #453.

6. It's a motion record so once I find it, I have to open it to look for the Written Representations, which are located at Tab 17.

7. Then I have to go the photocopy room, unbind the motion record and copy the 20 pages of Written Representations.

8. I also decide to scan the document so that if he ever decides he wants it again, I can access it easily on my computer as opposed to having to physically find it.

9. I send the document to myself from the scanner, re-bind the motion record, return it to the box, put the box back on the shelf, put the photocopy in his tray, go back to my desk and save the documents on the system for future reference.

10. All of this takes approximately 15-30 minutes and I have to do this over and over, every day.

Now you know why I hate my job!