I am a paralegal in a law firm and have been full time in the office for the last year or so. I've mainly been doing admin tasks, until recently when we go an admin assistant.

I now have an ever growing case load and would like to work from home one day a week to get through a couple of matters.

My line manager and office manager is OK with this but the receptionist, who keeps track of who's in the office and who's at home won't let me.

First excuse she went running to the office manager with was that I didn't want to work with a Co worker that had covid. (Not true, just picked two random days) And now it's - oh the weekly rotas already been done, can't it wait till next week?!

What can I do get her to take me off the rota one day a week?

Do I OK it with the managers and just not tell her?

I don't want to be a bitch about it