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The Admin Life Podcast

Justin Lawrence

The Admin Life Podcast Because every admin has a story.From 4:55pm “urgent” emails to printers that always break at the worst possible time, this podcast captures the funny, frustrating, and painfully relatable moments of office life.I share short stories from behind the desk, finding humour in the chaos and reminding you that you’re not alone in the madness.If you’ve ever survived meeting madness, fixed problems you didn’t cause, or quietly held things together at work — this podcast is for you.New

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12:42

E25 - You Helped Once And Now It’s Your Job Forever

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2026/02/17

Send a text Ever had your name volunteered before you even looked up from your screen? We’ve been there—praised once, assigned forever. This episode digs into how a single favour becomes a label that sticks, why helpful people get trapped as the default fixer, and how to reset expectations without feeling guilty. We walk through five practical tactics that protect your time and still keep you generous: spotting patterns, saying a conditional yes, sharing knowledge without absorbing the respon...

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E24 - After-Hours Boundaries

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2026/02/10

Send a text Your evening is quiet until the phone buzzes and your brain flips back into work mode. We unpack that subtle pressure to stay available after hours and show how a single late reply can turn into an expectation you never agreed to. With a mix of practical advice and painfully funny service desk stories, we explore how admins and support pros can protect their time without guilt—and deliver better work because of it. We start by naming the pattern: the glance at the screen, the men...

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E23 - The Real Office Hierarchy That Actually Decides...

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2026/02/03

Send us a text The org chart makes promises that reality refuses to keep. We pull back the curtain on the invisible hierarchy that decides what actually gets approved, who truly ends a debate, and why the quietest person in the room often carries the most weight. If you’ve ever watched your request bounce from Sandra to Dave while someone else gets instant sign-off, you’ll recognise the patterns we unpack and the practical ways to work with them. We start by naming the signals of real power:...

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E22 - TOP 10 Things Only Admins Understand

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2026/01/27

Send us a text Phones ring the second you take a bite. Printers wait until a deadline to die. Someone says “Can you just” and suddenly you’re running a project you never agreed to. We go straight into the messy, funny, and painfully familiar realities of admin life with Jannelle—former GP surgery admin, business centre manager, operations lead, and now therapist—who has navigated office chaos on legendary difficulty. Together we unpack ten truths only admins truly recognise: why lunch breaks...

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E21 - Unspoken Laws That Keep The Workplace Sane

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2026/01/20

Send us a text The moment the microwave door opens and a wave of fish announces itself, everyone understands a rule just broke—no handbook required. We dive into the quiet code that keeps offices humane, exploring how unspoken norms steer everything from lunch breaks to Slack replies and hot-desking etiquette. Along the way, we weigh up when to put structure in writing and when to let culture do the heavy lifting. We start with the small frictions that drive people mad: fake deadlines, desk ...

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E20 - Desk-Side Oversharers And Boundaries

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2026/01/13

Send us a text Your laptop boots, your tea is still steaming, and a chair rolls closer—suddenly you’re knee-deep in someone else’s midnight saga. We’ve all lived that moment, and today we break down how to stay kind without surrendering your morning to the office oversharer. From quick, respectful exit lines to simple focus cues that anyone can use, we share the tools that protect your attention and your sanity. We also open the floor to the realities of scope creep. Listeners reveal being h...

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E19 - Access Without Limits Is A Lawsuit Waiting

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2026/01/05

Send us a text A single misclick can spiral into fines, audits, and office drama—so we put the most common privacy failures under the microscope and score the chaos. With Jamie, a seasoned data privacy and compliance leader, we walk through ten real-world “privacy nightmares,” from shared drives packed with payroll and medical files to the reply all that blasts confidential info to hundreds. It’s fast, candid, and packed with practical steps you can use today without derailing your workflow. ...

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E18 - Work Conferences and the Slow Loss of Sanity

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2026/01/05

Send us a text The coach leaves before sunrise, the ballroom lights dim, and the first slide hits at 9:00—only 126 more to go. We’ve all felt the slow grind of corporate away days: the buzzwords, the forced icebreakers, the breakouts that generate flip charts instead of outcomes. This week we get honest about why conferences exhaust us and how to come out with your time, energy, and sanity intact. We start with the anatomy of a classic conference day, from the early optimism to the mid-morni...

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E17 - Office Crimes We Pretend Are Fine

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2026/01/05

Send us a text Ever felt your soul leave your body at the first whiff of reheated fish in the office microwave? We dive headfirst into the unglamorous realities of workplace life and rank the ten everyday “crimes” that quietly wreck focus, test patience, and stir up chaos. From mug theft and the vanishing desk chair to the dreaded Reply All spiral and those 4:59 pm “quick questions,” we unpack why these small behaviours hit so hard and what simple fixes restore sanity. We move through the li...

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E16 - The Panic of Sharing Your Screen at Work

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2026/01/05

Send us a text Your heart knows that click. The cursor hovers over Share Screen, and suddenly every tab, ping, and meme feels like a public broadcast waiting to happen. We take you behind the scenes of those gut‑punch moments—why they happen, how to stop them, and how to recover with grace when they do. We start with the phrases that spike workplace stress—“have you got a minute,” “whenever you can,” “tight turnaround”—and show how that constant low‑grade tension fuels screen‑sharing mistake...

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E15 - When the Helpdesk Is One Ticket Away From Collapse

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2026/01/05

Send us a text Think the internet is “down” while Teams is still open? That tiny contradiction kicks off a fast, funny, and painfully real tour through helpdesk chaos with Joseph, our favourite identity and access management gatekeeper. We break down the ten most common IT ticket nightmares and why they spiral: from dead mice that just aren’t plugged in, to Wi‑Fi “outages” caused by airplane mode, to the dreaded “everything is down” when a single VGA cable is loose. Joseph pulls back the cur...

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E14 - The Office Temperature War No One Ever Wins

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2026/01/05

Send us a text The smallest things can start the biggest office battles, and nothing proves it like the thermostat. We kick off with your crowd-sourced stress triggers—those loaded phrases like “quick question,” “got five minutes,” and the dreaded government-name ping that can tank your focus before your coffee lands. Then we step straight into Monday morning mayhem: Team Arctic clutching blankets, Team Sahara cracking windows, and the stealthy thermostat ninja doing silent laps between kettl...

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E13 - Office Myths Rated: From Ghost Meetings To...

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2026/01/05

Send us a text Ever had a ghost meeting haunt your calendar or watched a reply-all thread swallow your afternoon? We dive into ten notorious office legends and put numbers to the chaos, weighing how believable they are and why they keep happening. From the manager who “printed” a PDF by photographing the screen to the meeting that ran from 10 to 5 without a single outcome, we break down the human habits and system quirks behind each tale. We start with calendar mysteries and legacy invites t...

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E12 - Shared Drives and the Illusion of Organisation

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2026/01/02

Send us a text The file you need is somewhere on the shared drive, but every folder looks like a trap and every “final” is a lie. We’ve all lived that moment before a meeting when confidence turns into a scavenger hunt through New, Old, Use This One and a graveyard of final_v3_real_this_time.xlsx. Today we lean into the chaos, then carve a clear path out with simple rules that make teams faster and calmer. We start with the version hunt and why shared drives fail us: no standards, duplicate ...

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E18 - Death by PowerPoint: Work Conference Chaos,...

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2025/12/29

Work conferences promise inspiration, but usually deliver stress, caffeine dependence, and PowerPoints with more slides than sense. In this episode of The Admin Life Podcast, we break down the brutal reality of corporate away days, overloaded presentations, awkward icebreakers, and the chaos of hybrid events that never go to plan.Justin shares a behind-the-desk story about a soul-draining conference filled with endless slides, forced team exercises, and a motivational speaker shouting “LEVEL UP!” at

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E17 - Top 10 Office Crimes We’re All Guilty Of |...

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2025/12/22

Every workplace has rules, and every employee quietly breaks them.In this hilarious episode of The Admin Life Podcast, we’re counting down the Top 10 Office Crimes We’re All Guilty Of, from stolen stationery and microwave disasters to “quick questions” at 4:59pm and the dreaded meeting that definitely should’ve been an email.If you’ve ever:🖊️ “Borrowed” a pen permanently📅 Double-booked a meeting room💬 Hit Reply All (and immediately regretted it)🖨️ Walked away from a printer jam you caused☕ Used

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00:11:48

E16 - Shared Screen Regrets: The Most Awkward...

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2025/12/15

You’ve checked your mic, your camera, your hair, but one wrong click and suddenly the whole team sees what you really had open. In this episode, I share a behind-the-desk story about the dangers of screen sharing, offer survival tips for avoiding embarrassment, and tell a true story of one virtual meeting that went down in history for all the wrong reasons.Email: talpodcast2025@gmail.comInstagram: @theadminlifepodcastTikTok: @theadminlifepodcast

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E15 - Top 10 IT Ticket Nightmares: Real Tech Support...

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2025/12/08

Join us on The Admin Life Podcast as we dive into the hilarious and chaotic world of IT ticket nightmares. From unplugged mice and forgotten passwords to rogue admin access and entire drives deleted, we explore the top 10 IT blunders that every tech professional dreads. Featuring special guest Joseph, a seasoned IT expert, who shares his insights and stories from the trenches. Tune in for laughs, lessons, and a reminder to always check your cables!Email: talpodcast2025@gmail.comInstagram:

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E14 - The Office Temperature War: Hot vs Cold Chaos...

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2025/12/01

One side’s freezing, the other’s melting, and someone’s about to sneak over to the thermostat. In this episode, I share the behind-the-desk reality of the never-ending office temperature war, give tips on surviving it without losing friends, and share a story about another email chaos!Email: talpodcast2025@gmail.comInstagram: @theadminlifepodcastTikTok: @theadminlifepodcast

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E13 - Office Myths & Legends: The Strangest Workplace...

The Admin Life Podcast ·

2025/11/24

Every office has its legends, the ghost meeting that keeps appearing on everyone’s calendar, the mysterious lunch thief, and the manager who tried to print a PDF by taking a photo of the screen.In this episode, we’re diving deep into the urban myths of office life,the stories whispered by the photocopier and passed down through generations of admins.From cursed printers to reply-all disasters, I’m rating each tale by Believability and Chaos Level, and trying to figure out which ones are pure

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