- I work at a library. Whenever I sneeze and a customer makes a comment about possibly having a cold or something, I just tell them I'm allergic to books.
- I've been working here for about a year and a half. I have one co-worker who's the type of person to always so your name when he talks to you, one of those really polite things. It's like how I always try to maintain eye contact with people to show respect. Anyway, for the last week, this co-worker has been calling me by the wrong name... in fact, he's been calling me by another co-worker's name that happens to start with an N. He's never had a problem with my name before, and I thought it was just a fluke the first time he did it a couple days ago. Now it's just too awkward to correct him. Today he did it in front of my circ partner, and she and I had a good laugh over it after he walked away. I have a feeling that if I work another branch for a bit and come back, he'll say the right name.
- I wear a nametag. Did I mention that? And sometimes I go home with it still on, and I'll sit with my family for the longest time before anyone mentions it...
- I am sick and tired of hearing the whole "I can't believe you charge us overdue fines. I pay your wages you know" thing. I put up with it for a while when I first started there. But now I've grown bold enough to humbly point out that I pay both taxes and fines.
- I love books. WAYYYYY too much. Like... I see books and I just have to have them. Anyway, I am a book lover, and I love taking walks... *sniff* I'm sorry, I'm thinking about books again. I just want to have them in a basket and in my bed... And all over my floor. Sorry, I'm getting emotional... I think about how many don't have a home and how I should have them. I just love books!!
- I'm pretty sure I could get drunk off the amount of hand sanitizer I use at work. I hate to say I'm a germophobe, but like... do you even know how many people touch the stuff that's in the library? Let me tell you... it's a lot.
- Today, someone told me that I was his favourite because I remember him and because once he forgot his card and I let him take out books because he knew his card number. I'll be honest... Yes, I do let people take out books if they know their card number. Because, really, that's the important part, right?
- I wear a nametag. Did I mention that? And sometimes I go home with it still on, and I'll sit with my family for the longest time before anyone mentions it...
- I am sick and tired of hearing the whole "I can't believe you charge us overdue fines. I pay your wages you know" thing. I put up with it for a while when I first started there. But now I've grown bold enough to humbly point out that I pay both taxes and fines.
- I love books. WAYYYYY too much. Like... I see books and I just have to have them. Anyway, I am a book lover, and I love taking walks... *sniff* I'm sorry, I'm thinking about books again. I just want to have them in a basket and in my bed... And all over my floor. Sorry, I'm getting emotional... I think about how many don't have a home and how I should have them. I just love books!!
- I'm pretty sure I could get drunk off the amount of hand sanitizer I use at work. I hate to say I'm a germophobe, but like... do you even know how many people touch the stuff that's in the library? Let me tell you... it's a lot.
- Today, someone told me that I was his favourite because I remember him and because once he forgot his card and I let him take out books because he knew his card number. I'll be honest... Yes, I do let people take out books if they know their card number. Because, really, that's the important part, right?
- See? I told you I really love books.
Yes, that is a shelf just for bibles and dictionaries.
- Pages are the backbone. Do not mess with the pages. Do not under-schedule them. Do not, for any reason, make them not want to do their job well. Because you really really need them to do their job well.
That is all for now. I'm sure there will be a part two, at some point. Maybe even a part three. I think a lot about my job (and of my job), so I have a lot of random things to say.
That is all for now. I'm sure there will be a part two, at some point. Maybe even a part three. I think a lot about my job (and of my job), so I have a lot of random things to say.
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