He said
There is a service online called Fancy Hands, and it allows for anyone to have their own personal assistant.
After signing up for the service, your wish is their command, and while it is a paid service, it's certainly much more affordable than having your own personal assistant on staff. Maybe for the really busy people in this world who can't shell out an annual salary for a minstrel to do their bidding, this service could be perfect for them.
I have a growing interest in craft beers, but the selection is limited in the Estevan. It's just difficult to find something that isn't bottled by Anheuser-Busch or MillerCoors-Molson. With an online assistant, I could have them find me a place that will ship my specially selected brews to my door. I probably don't quite have the wallet for all that, but the convenience of someone else tracking down that information and setting it all up is something that definitely interests me.
Personally, I am used to doing things myself and would probably have difficulty trusting someone else to perform these menial tasks, even if they are professional at performing menial tasks. I'm sure after a month of pampering and a couple of jobs well done, I would change my tune.
I could probably use these assistants to set up interviews for me. Maybe they would be better at coaxing someone into a chat. I could even write it off as a business expense and charge it the Mercury, pending the approval of my superiors.
The only thing I really do like doing is planning travel. Just requesting someone to set up flights, organize pickups and drop-offs, and make sure all my bags arrived properly would be little weight off my mind.
She said
I don't even know where to begin with this one. I feel like I have so many stupid responsibilities that I'd be thrilled to hand off to some poor, willing person.
The obvious first choice is all my household chores. My personal assistant would keep my apartment clean, wash dishes and do my laundry. I'd also really like it if she thought up healthy meals and then picked up the groceries. I like to cook, though, so she wouldn't have to double as my personal chef.
I'd also put her in charge of emailing public relations people. I understand that they have a job to do, just like I do, but I hate swimming through protocol and lame procedures just to score a five minute interview. It would be really nice to have a personal assistant to take care of all the pre-interview set up, so I can breeze in and just worry about my question line.
I think it would be cool if my personal assistant looked kind of like me, so she could go to functions that I'm expected to attend. Like my boyfriend's rec hockey games. It turns out that no one ever wants to join me in sitting through 60 painful minutes of mediocre hockey played by aging men. So I could dress my assistant up in my jacket, sit her in the stands for the game, and then swap in to meet my boyfriend after and compliment on his athletic prowess that I didn't even watch.
It'd be nice for someone to step in and take over the menial chores in my life, but I really shouldn't be complaining. I'm 21. I have very few responsibilities and watching crappy hockey games aren't the worst thing in the world. When I'm working full time, own a home and am forced to haul children to watch hockey games, then I think I'll honestly start complaining and looking for an assistant to hire.
