I work in the office of a high-ranking government official at the Pentagon. Because I'm not sure what the protocol is for discussing Pentagon officials, I won't give his name, but I have been told that he is the civilian equivalent of a four-star general. This is cool, but at the same time it means I don't deal with him directly. I do help his special assistants with whatever projects/briefs they are working on for him; however my main responsibility is to answer the phones and scan in and out any paper work that comes through our office for the boss to scan and sign. I also press the button to unlock the main office door to allow people to come in for meetings and such. And because the boss is so high up in the Pentagon this happens quite frequently, and there's no telling who is going to come through the door next (more on that later). Oh yeah, coincidentally the button I push to open the door is red, so I tell people that I push the red button at the Pentagon.
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OH HOW FUNNY - I used to answer the Red Phone at NASA - talk about intimidating, it was only supposed to ring in emergencies, but we tested it every Monday...my stomach dropped every time it rang. It only rang a couple of times for real, when they had done something testing the missles and the wind changed and chemicals in the air were coming down towards we are - so I had to tell everyone to stay inside...da, da, duh :)
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