Greg’s friends knew he was working at a building. But they didn’t know what he was doing there - they assumed custodian work. Not that Greg looked like a boy willing to clean toilets for money but they knew him to be pretty handy with repairs. ‘He could fix lightbulbs or something?’ is what they thought and universally, agreed on. They were shocked to learn he was a receptionist. Just like with Ron, Greg was collectively asked; ‘you’re doing a woman’s job?’ and generally, if they happened to come by: they’d have reckoned their companion to look really grown and unrecognizable behind the desk. Greg was good at being a receptionist - he knew he was going to be good at being a receptionist because he would be doing things, 'a baby could do.' Let people in. Sort through mail. Answer phones. Now, he wasn't a warm boy who did his best Mormon impression at people who walked in. for the most part he bluntly said, 'who are you here to see?' rather than, ‘Hi! How’re you today?’ And his co-workers (all much older than he) deemed him as being a 'on-the-clock boy.' Very serious, very prompt, doesn't procrastinate. However, he’d still come home wondering if he did anything wrong. ‘Cause that’s just who he is. One thing Greg did do wrong before he fully settled into his role was ignore clients as they sat in the lobby. Because as they wait in the lobby, they're bound to talk to you. Bound to talk about things ranging from weather to things that're just downright personal...or odd. And in the beginning, behind the desk Greg would ignore these occasionally odd men and women. Plus, bits of his shyness were getting in the way. He didn't know what to say to a man gossiping about his Bosses' thieving sister other than, 'oh.' Saying they sound like hillbillies is disrespectful. But then. Greg began talking back once a fellow receptionist called him rude for this habit. So over the weeks, Greg gradually began getting better with these men and women who had like, so much drama in their lives that they could fill a book. It's how he picked up skills he would later use in journalism (Who / What / When / Where / Why.) once he began school full-time again, this experience made him think that he could become a journalist. As, Greg already knew how to write. And he was already observational. Now he knew how to curb around his shyness when it came to talking to complete strangers.
