[ Part of an email thread from Liz ELIZABETH, from No name-calling - Shenanigans , in POLITICO.com
The whole email exchange made me laugh out loud, because I knew folks like this in DC—it seems classic beltway.
But you know, being a PA on the Hill is one of the worst jobs I’ve ever heard about.* The average candidate is way over-educated, bright, ambitious, seriously underpaid** and constantly on the clock, dealing with a high-pressure boss who may be, in fact, elected to public office but also may also be totally crazy***. It’s certainly not sulfur mining in Kawah Ijen, but I can see where one might snap over a nickname for nineteen emails.***
*I got the sordid details on a daily basis from a friend who held that very job. She spoke fluent French, had a double major, meditated every day and lasted about a year.
**Like less than $25,000 a year.
***Like said friend’s boss, a California rep. Take The Nanny Diaries and combine it with the DSM IV and you’ve got her boss.
****Not really, with a name like Timoni, which always has to be spelled out, and is constantly mispronounced, but then, I’ve never been a PA on the Hill either. You know why? Because I’d probably start doing that kind of shit.
