Should I be doing more at work than I am?

It's depressing to think about how little I do here. To lay it out for you:

• I make coffee in the morning, and refresh as needed;
• I get the mail and distribute it to the office mailboxes;
• I answer the phones;
• I buy the doughnuts, fruit, and bagels for the training sessions our office runs;
• I put postage on outgoing mail and take it to the post office;
• I call people to correct the addresses (or delete them) when the mail comes back as undeliverable;
• I type what they ask me to type;

• I schedule seminars, send out invitations, and register the people who want to come.

That may sound like a lot, but consider that there are only about twelve people in our office. That doesn't translate to a whole lot of mail, phone calls, or typing. What it translates to is a whole lot of web surfing and email. That's mostly great, but week upon week of that is enough to make anybody feel guilty.

Every once in a while, especially around seminar time, I start to get a little busy, and it's such a shock that I usually fall behind before I notice it coming. Doesn't take me long to catch up, but it's a little embarassing. For instance, my boss is trying to make a decision about cellular service, and he wants me to put together information about all the possible sources for him. I've been so busy with the festival that I was taken off guard when he asked me for the information this afternoon. I apologized and told him I had left it at home; unfortunately, I hadn't actually even called to request the stuff yet. Whoops. So tonight I get to run around to as many cell dealers as I can, begging for literature about packages without roaming fees.

The funny thing is, I had to actually research what a roaming fee was. Before I worked here, I had never even used a cell phone. These guys use them to the point of abuse.