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• n  a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors

• Our Rajasthan receptionist and fellow travelers, I now realize, were actually just being polite.
• Families and friends talk about a doctor's bedside manner, the helpfulness of a receptionist, how hard it is to get an appointment and how long you have to cool your heels in the .
• In fairness to the receptionist, Arslan was making history that morning, as the first attorney to wear a hijab in the Netherlands.

News & Articles

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• Ruby Receptionists Receives Fastest Growing Companies Award for Exceptional Sixth Year in a Row
  For the sixth consecutive year, Ruby Receptionists is pleased to announce it is again one of the "100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Oregon," according to the Portland Business Journal. ...
  June 21, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• Biz Bits: People and businesses in the news
  Vivian Blossom, Snohomish County Tourism Bureau's visitor-information specialist and receptionist, retired last month after 12 years of service. Stacey Pfeiffer has joined the staff as visitor services coordinator.
  June 20, 2013 - Everett Herald
• Young recruits join war on Alzheimer's
  Diana Fransis thought she'd found the perfect job for a college freshman. As a receptionist at a senior living community, she had down time to study. But as she got to know the older residents, she realized she'd found her life's calling. Fransis,...
  June 20, 2013 - Irvine World News

Quotes

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• Andrew Flintoff in UK Express
  Flintoff, 31, said: "I have no problems with a multicultural society, I think that is to the benefit of the country. But you have to be careful what levels you take it to. It annoys me when I phone a hotel receptionist in my own country and they...
• Ingrid Newkirk in KUTV
  Newkirk writes, "After seeing your excellent performance on How I Met Your Mother, PETA would like to offer you a real job as a receptionist." "It could be for as little as an hour, and you would see - from the inside - why we are so...
• David Westin in Reuters
  Technology now makes it possible for us to have bureaus without a receptionist, three edit suites and studio cameras and so on,ABC News president David Westin told The Hollywood Reporter. "The essence of what we do is reporting, it's not...