Another one...

Yet another receptionist started work in our building today. We go through them like hot dinners. The problem is that we need someone to cover reception so contractors and visitors to the building don't go wandering around and can be dealt with. However, most of the contractors we use send the same operatives to our jobs each time (so we know them, the tenants know them, etc) so they know where they need to go, and don't even stop by the reception, and just walk straight past to the person they need to see. All in all, apart from the odd company director coming in for a meeting, the reception itself is pretty quiet, and all the receptionist does is frank the post and book the meeting rooms. Rather boring... which is why we go through so many of them. They just get too bored and move on to another job within a few weeks.

But this guy, Reuben, is different. He seems to actually like the job and vehemently denies being bored (even though I can tell he is). He brings in a new book every day, insisting that its his interest that drives him to read, not his boredom (yeah right!). Reuben is also extremely perky. Perky with a capital P-E-R-K-Y. He would even surpass Melissa in Monday morning perkiness, which is a scary concept, I know. I'm keeping a wary eye on this one...