Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
Does your HR have anything? Like you said, if you wouldn't use "my office boy" then you shouldn't use "my office girl". What about: "My admin assistant"? Heck, I'd even settle for "my secretary".
Since no one reports to her she shouldn't even be saying "my" anything. The much older male person who holds the same position as she manages to refer to the rest of us as "our project manager" or "our contracts manager", etc.

Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
As an outsider, it indicates lack of professional courtesy for her colleagues to refer to them in such a manner. It sounds like she wants to make a point that she's on a higher rung of the ladder, by stomping on the heads of those "below" her. Obviously she hasn't learned that to keep things running smoothly the golden rule - "Thou shalt not make an enemy of thine Administrative Assistant."
You are soooo perceptive! She's pretty much making enemies of everyone in the company but we seem to have another standard of behavior for our sales staff.