receptionist

"Have you got a bad back?" the receptionist asked cheerily.

The daughter of a police officer and a hospital receptionist, the actress was born and brought up in Chessington, Greater London.

A caller appearing to be the chief receptionist, said they had a guest who had taken "too many drugs and alcohol", and was "trashing the entire room", before the line cut out.

“I can’t tell you how often Americans ask,” said the receptionist at one moderately priced Paris hotel, who did not want her name used because her employer wouldn’t approve.

“Hi there,” said a receptionist at a clinically simple desk.