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"I have known some women in clerical positions who practically ran the programs their bosses were supposed to run, while also doing IT and other projects on the side. As they say, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did....backwards in high heels. "

My eldest brother did some temping for his friend's transport firm a couple of decades ago. Part of the summer was filling in for his buddy when that guy went on vacation. His accounting of that period went something like:

"The only time I did anything for those two weeks was when dome dumb arse would call in and not like what Molly told him. She would put the fool on hold, tell me what to say and pass him on to me. I would repeat what Molly said. She ran the office. I was just the muscle. It was great."

I saw the same thing in the regional office of the local power utility. Anyone who thought Ruth didn't actually run the area was in for a rude awakening. They should have just given her a $20k raise and been done with it.

Best
Les