Clerk
Clerk ( /ˈklɑrk/KLARK or /ˈklɜrk/KLURK), the vocational title, commonly refers to a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks; it overlaps with retail clerks who perform similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. It is also occasionally used to refer to third-year medical students completing a medical clerkship. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service counters and other administrative tasks.
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Famous quotes containing the word clerk:
“In the cold morning the rested street stands up
To greet the clerk who saunters down the world.”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“You cant be what you dont see. I didnt think about being a doctor. I didnt even think about being a clerk in a storeId never seen a black clerk in a clothing store.”
—Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)
“Your faith an trouth yese never get
Nor our trew Love shall never twain
Till ye come within my bower
And kiss me both cheek and chin.
My mouth it is full cold, Margret,
It has the smell now of the ground;
An if I kiss thy comly mouth
Thy life days will not be long.”
—Unknown. Clerk Saunders (l. 109116)