Yep, that's what always happens when the "Me first and hell take the hindermost" crowd gets control. Communities with few resources suddenly have even fewer, and the rich become richer as a consequence. Ebenezer Scrooge was the first tea-party guy: "If they be like to die, then let them do it and decrease the surplus population." After all, if people are poor, then it's their own fault. Just as people born into wealthy families somehow "earned" that privilege. Gah.
Yeah, "O" rings at circulation first but only for four rings. If not picked up, then every extension in the building rings twice before the call goes to voice mail where the hours message is played and then they get a chance to dial a specific extension or leave a general message... or press "O" again.
One time I got tired of the ringing and picked up when the library was closed, only to be confronted with a nut who was using a cell phone to call from the parking lot and complain that the door was locked. "What do you mean, you're closed? You never used to be closed on Thursday." They think they can win by bullying. He demanded that I unlock the door for him, and I refused. The last time the library was normally open on Thursday (and then too, only in the afternoon and evening) was in the 1970s. From about 1978 until 2007, we were closed all day on Thursday. He wasn't there for real library resources, of course. He wanted to use a photocopier. Other places within a few blocks have that service available. His response was that they charge more than we do. I guess we should raise our prices.
Of course this always devolves into the "I pay taxes" argument, and then "I pay your salary." A friend of mine in Chicago had the correct response to that. "Here's your dime back, now leave me alone."
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Yeah, "O" rings at circulation first but only for four rings. If not picked up, then every extension in the building rings twice before the call goes to voice mail where the hours message is played and then they get a chance to dial a specific extension or leave a general message... or press "O" again.
One time I got tired of the ringing and picked up when the library was closed, only to be confronted with a nut who was using a cell phone to call from the parking lot and complain that the door was locked. "What do you mean, you're closed? You never used to be closed on Thursday." They think they can win by bullying. He demanded that I unlock the door for him, and I refused. The last time the library was normally open on Thursday (and then too, only in the afternoon and evening) was in the 1970s. From about 1978 until 2007, we were closed all day on Thursday. He wasn't there for real library resources, of course. He wanted to use a photocopier. Other places within a few blocks have that service available. His response was that they charge more than we do. I guess we should raise our prices.
Of course this always devolves into the "I pay taxes" argument, and then "I pay your salary." A friend of mine in Chicago had the correct response to that. "Here's your dime back, now leave me alone."