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I do not care for being pulled in multiple directions at once. I can handle being the sole person on the desk at work if it is quiet and routine, but that is never the case during summer reading. With multiple kids clamoring to turn in their forms and get the next ones, more of them wanting to check out stacks of books, book drop overflowing with returned books, adults wanting help with using the copier and to send faxes, plus a couple who could only speak Spanish and more kids wanting to sign up for summer reading (sorry, signups are closed now,) as well as the phone ringing and people printing from the internet and wanting to pay for it (or pick it up without paying,) I am now ready for two days off.
Why did this happen? Well, my usual partner for Weds. night is in Guatemala on a walking trip. The new boss assigned herself to help cover the desk, but also had a board meeting scheduled so, "You'll be all right alone, it's not busy" was the assumption. It was busy. And unless there's smoke, fire, or running water/blood I'm not interrupting a board meeting. So...
Getting the last group out the door was almost impossible but they finally got the message five minutes after closing time. Then I still had all the closing chores: locking doors, shutting down computers, turning off lights and copiers, etc. Some people, including I think the new director, enjoy that sort of hectic situation but I do not. And they wonder why I've resisted desk assignment, particularly solo, all these years.
I could handle reference OR circ, if that's all it was, but both of those plus teaching people for the 20th time which button to push and where to put their stuff on the copier glass, and unjamming printers, and all the rest of it at once just drives me mad.
I did meet with the director this afternoon to go over technology upgrade proposals from an outside group. To my surprise, she agrees that the proposals are too expensive. (They sure are, especially when we can't have any raises or hire anyone new.) And I think she agrees with me that nearly half of the stuff can be cut out for now.
I'd better not dream about work tonight. And there's a load of hay coming tomorrow which will eat the afternoon up even though I get to leave work early on Thursday.
Why did this happen? Well, my usual partner for Weds. night is in Guatemala on a walking trip. The new boss assigned herself to help cover the desk, but also had a board meeting scheduled so, "You'll be all right alone, it's not busy" was the assumption. It was busy. And unless there's smoke, fire, or running water/blood I'm not interrupting a board meeting. So...
Getting the last group out the door was almost impossible but they finally got the message five minutes after closing time. Then I still had all the closing chores: locking doors, shutting down computers, turning off lights and copiers, etc. Some people, including I think the new director, enjoy that sort of hectic situation but I do not. And they wonder why I've resisted desk assignment, particularly solo, all these years.
I could handle reference OR circ, if that's all it was, but both of those plus teaching people for the 20th time which button to push and where to put their stuff on the copier glass, and unjamming printers, and all the rest of it at once just drives me mad.
I did meet with the director this afternoon to go over technology upgrade proposals from an outside group. To my surprise, she agrees that the proposals are too expensive. (They sure are, especially when we can't have any raises or hire anyone new.) And I think she agrees with me that nearly half of the stuff can be cut out for now.
I'd better not dream about work tonight. And there's a load of hay coming tomorrow which will eat the afternoon up even though I get to leave work early on Thursday.
