Conversation with Secretary of Student Affairs

We're thinking about having an Open Day. Inviting families and stuff to see the University. Dr. J and Mr. R came up with the idea, and they asked us for help.
I never heard about this. Sorry. I don’t trust you. How can I trust you?
(THEY asked us)
I asked girls to give me back the coupons and they lost them.
(We didn't know about this. Frankly, we don't care.)
I don’t know whom to trust. Tell me, how can I trust the girls? Since when do they do anything they promise to do?
(We always do what we're told. Stop generalising.)
You want to have an Open Day? Excuse me?(high pitched) I haven’t even approved that. Anyway you have to send me a proposal first.
Sigggghhhh. We have the proposal ready. We've already had our first event-coordinating meeting.
Well, even if you do send me a proposal I haven’t decided to have an Open Day.
(You haven't decided? Are you kidding? You're a 23 year-old secretary who's job is to send proposals to management for approval)
I don’t trust girls. What happened in the Ramadan Event proved to me that girls couldn’t be trusted.
We did all the work, and it was a success, even though there were some problems, nobody knew but us.
I know you planned it, but it was my responsibility. And if I decide that you can have the Open Day, if it goes wrong, then I’m the one who will be responsible for this, and I can’t handle the students making mistakes...
(But we'll be doing and supervising all the work)
...because then all the blame will be on me if anything goes wrong. I’m not screaming at you, I trust you, but I’m angry. I gave girls coupons and they still haven’t brought them back.
(What do the coupons have to do with us?)
I’ve been asking about them for weeks now. Besides, where’s your Calendar of Events?
We were told that we're coordinating with the Abu Dhabi Student Council.
Oh, well that was Ms. Sophie.
(And how should we know we should listen to you and not to her? Besides, she's your senior. We've known her for 3 years. We've known you for 2 months. Who do YOU think we'll listen to?)
Didn’t I ask you to do it ages ago? Anyway since you haven’t brought it, we’re going to work on the calendar of events I suggested, and you have to stick to it.
Ok -like we care - we're here to talk to you about having a movie night.
You want to have a movie night? Sorry you need to go through the right channels first, I need a proposal.
Sighhhh. I've sent you the proposal already.
I didn’t see it. (talk about being negative.)
Sighhhh. Check your mail.
My mail? Ok let me check. Oh, here it is. Anyway, you can’t have it unless the Campus Director has approved.
We saw her last week. She's eager about movie night.
Oh, you’ve seen her already? Well then, I still have to send a proposal to the Abu Dhabi Head of Student Affairs. (OMG)
I’m sorry, things like this take a long time.
We've arranged the moving of furniture and accessing the computer with Mr. A from General Services.
You already talked to General Services?
YES!! EVERYTHING IS DONE! WE HANDLED IT ALL.
They’ve approved?
YESSSS! WE ONLY NEED A 200 DHS LOAN!
200 Dhs?
FROM THE BUDGET, YES. AND IT'S ONLY A LOAN.
And you’ll pay it all back?
YESSS!
Still it’s under such short notice I doubt that anyone will give you an approval this soon. (My God she was being so pessimistic. In my head i thought: You have till Wednesday to just say: Yes. You don't need to do ANYTHING but sign the paper.)
Anyway, I always do and do and do things for students, but when I ask for one thing they never do it for me. I gave two girls the coupons and they haven’t given them back to me until now. (But what's that got to do with us?)
I gave one of the boys a coupon, and he came back with 1500 Dhs the same day.
(So?)
These girls have had the coupons since October!
(So?)
How am I going to reach them, huh?
(I dunno. I don't even care.)
Tell me, how should I trust girls?
Silence.
No, tell me, really, how can I trust them?
Long pause. (I'm just staring at her face when I suddenly realize she really expects an answer.
I don't answer anyway.)
I do things for girls and I expect them to trust me, and they should expect me to trust them. Anyway I’m not yelling at you...
(she was freaking screaming till there were tears in her eyes)
...I’m just telling you I have so much work and nobody is helping me and I can’t trust people to do anything anymore. Everyday they throw problems over my shoulder.
Rrrrringgggg!!!
See, the phone’s ringing? That’s another problem again. Dr. J the Campus Director saw me today, she told me to go home, but I said noooooo I have such an important meeting with the girls. I only stayed here for you.
(Really? Not to flirt with Mr. S then?)
I do all this stuff for you and all I want is the coupons.
(AGAIN with the coupons!)
Anyway, I need 8 girls to help with the Orientation Day by the 13th, can you find anybody? I need to be sure, you have to give me names by tomorrow at 2.00…………………………….”
ARE YOU SERIOUS? Yakhi 7illi 3anee your voice is giving me a migraine.)

I really don't know if I should feel sorry for her cuz she was having a bad day or upset that she was undermining ALL the work the Student Council has done without her help (not that she could do much anyway), or just plain sorry that she does not know how to act professional around people when she's stressed.