Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) a desk clerk.

1981		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 2: deskie or deskateer – a night attendant in a dorm.
1991		Dly Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, NC) 23 Apr. 10/4: You can’t call yourself a true deskie until some dazed person comes up to you and says, ‘Excuse me, could you tell me my phone number?’.