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Eleanor Elephant is completely fine. Written by Gail Hahnemann and Red for demo Purposes by Sarah Cassilly. When people ask me what I do taxi drivers, hair dresses, I tell them I work in an office in almost eight years. No one's ever asked what kind of office or what sort of job I do there. I can't decide whether that's because I fit perfectly with their idea of what an office worker looks like, or whether people hear the phrase work in an office on automatically fill in the blanks themselves. Lady doing photocopying, man tapping at keyboard I'm not complaining. I'm delighted that I don't have to get into the fascinating intricacies of accounts receivable with them. When I first started working here, whenever anyone asked, I told them I worked for a graphic design company. But then they assumed I was a creative type. It became a bit boring to see their faces blank over when I explained that you was back office stuff that I didn't get to use a fine tip pens or the fancy software. I'm nearly 30 years old now, and I've been working here since I was 21 Bob, the owner took me on no long after the office opened. I suppose he felt sorry for me. I had a degree in classics and no work experience to speak off Andi. I turned up for the interview with a black eye, a couple of missing teeth and a broken arm. Maybe he sends back then that I would never aspire to anything more than a poorly paid office job that I would be content to stay with the company and save him the bother of ever having to recruit a replacement. Perhaps he could also tell that I never need to take time off to go on honeymoon or request maternity leave. I don't know. It's definitely a two tier system in the office. The creatives in the film stars the rest of us merely supporting artists. You can tell by looking at us which category we fall into, to be fair. Part of that is Sally related. The back office staff get paid a pittance so we can't afford much in the way of sharp haircuts and nerdy glasses, clothes, music, gadgets. Although the designers are desperate to be seen as freethinkers with unique ideas, they all adhere to strict uniforms. Graphic designs, No interest to me. I'm a finance clerk. I could be issuing invoices for anything. Really Armaments for hypno coconuts.