Isn't this where I came in?
Feb. 19th, 2010 07:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoA 5-10 inch snow accumulation predicted for Sunday night. Isn't it nearly March?
One person with a vacation day at work, and another went home sick at lunchtime. I haven't worked such a long desk shift (without ever sitting down) in a couple of years. Ow. Yeah, I know, I'm spoiled.
That and not enough sleep last night are too much. I was going to paint or weave or something tonight, but I think whatever I try I'll fall asleep doing it. ;p
One person with a vacation day at work, and another went home sick at lunchtime. I haven't worked such a long desk shift (without ever sitting down) in a couple of years. Ow. Yeah, I know, I'm spoiled.
That and not enough sleep last night are too much. I was going to paint or weave or something tonight, but I think whatever I try I'll fall asleep doing it. ;p
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Date: 2010-02-20 04:40 am (UTC)No, wait...don't! You can keep it! :P
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Date: 2010-02-20 12:13 pm (UTC)I'm continually amazed by the degree of helplessness. People don't know how to put a piece of paper on the copier and push the green button. They don't know the alphabet and therefore can't find things in alphabetical order. They forget their passwords, pins, library cards, etc. They want the latest book by Francine Dumbkopf. You know the one? It was on Oprah last week. No, I don't. Why don't you write it down next time?
I wish I could say that college students were better, but they weren't. In fact, the faculty were worse yet. There are days when I truly wonder how the human race survives at all.
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Date: 2010-02-20 01:04 pm (UTC)"Is it in? Did you go online and check the catalogue?"
"....no"
The nice thing, though, about the helplessness is that it is usually accompanied by grateful appreciation when things are found. I'll take the praise over griping any day... a left-handed job security feature ;o)
...like the lady yesterday who yelled at me because she lost a book but didn't think she should pay the listed price and wasn't able to find one online cheaper with which to replace it!
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Date: 2010-02-20 01:14 pm (UTC)"Oh, but I work for the public schools," she said. "We get a free card."
"No, that's only for teachers and only for classroom materials."
She knew she was pushing it. She snapped "OK" and walked away, leaving me holding her card and the books. Turned out she owes us $8 in overdue fines, so she still couldn't have borrowed anything without paying that. I doubt we'll ever collect the fine. Of course she could get a non-resident card but that costs money and most are utterly resistant to paying for it.
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Date: 2010-02-20 08:03 pm (UTC)*cuddles with ya* =^_^=
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Date: 2010-02-20 11:39 pm (UTC)*pets you till you squeak*
It's actually 35F here right now but they've firmed up the "possible" snow into "Winter Storm Watch" and "Up to 10 inches accumulation" here in McHenry County.
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