Tales from the library

[parkerdivine]

I think $45 an hour is way too much for my position. That being said, my job doesn't even pay me a living wage.  Thankfully I am getting spousal support so I don't need to work a second job.  Many of my single co-workers work a second job to make ends meet.

I don't know...you're a lot more than just a librarian.

[Purplelady1040]

That works too, but I was looking for the word 'typewriter' itself. 

Quite a few words on the top row only. But I never realized typewriter was on that row. That is pretty cool.

[Y]

I think $45 an hour is way too much for my position. That being said, my job doesn't even pay me a living wage.  Thankfully I am getting spousal support so I don't need to work a second job.  Many of my single co-workers work a second job to make ends meet.

Unfortunately, the masses of taxpayers don't want to pay for services that benefit society at large but they may not use.

It's that taint in American blood that prevents us from working as a true society instead of masses of individuals out for themselves. 

That's why we've embraced unencumbered capitalism which is the anathema of a true society.  As I've long said, Caveat Emptor is a hell of a way to run a country/society.

[AbbyTC]

In mid-October our Friends group held their bi-annual book sale.  They made just under $10,000, and added to the spring book sale, they made a total around $23,000.  Now we're going into the Annual Fund Drive.  I never realized how much money we brought in from it until an email from the woman in charge gave us some facts.  Turns out we make between $70,000-80,000.  This campaign runs for two months. 

Libraries do so much for the community, but are generally underfunded.  Support your library! 

[AbbyTC]

I was walking to the workroom and overheard a guy say this to his friend:  "Literally, I'm dead right now."      Either he doesn't know the meaning of the word literal, or he was the best looking zombie I ever saw!   

[Locutus]

I was walking to the workroom and overheard a guy say this to his friend:  "Literally, I'm dead right now."      Either he doesn't know the meaning of the word literal, or he was the best looking zombie I ever saw!   

Or maybe he was having a premonition.   

[AbbyTC]

We participated in "Giving Tuesday", setting up a table near the circulation desk to get people to donate.  We had lanyards and lip balm to give to anyone who donated money of any amount.  I was counting the money and came up with a total of $84.05.  Five cents?  I thought a child may have donated the lone nickel.  I asked my co-workers about and was told a lady passed by the table and saw the lip balms.  She asked for one and was told she needed to donate money to get it.  So she ran out to her car and came back with a nickel!  Gee, thanks for the huge donation, lady.  We really appreciate it.   

[Locutus]

People are such cheap assholes!  Happy fucking Holidays and Ho Ho Hell. 

[Purplelady1040]

Wow, what a cheap ass bitch she was.

[AbbyTC]

Today and yesterday I had to leave work within two hours of starting because of the carpet cleaning completed over the weekend.  Yesterday they closed our branch at three after numerous complaints from patrons and almost all staff complaining of headaches, nausea, burning throats...  I have asthma and right after I walked in yesterday my throat started to burn and my lungs felt constricted.  We have no idea what they did on the carpets, but we think they didn't dilute the solution correctly.  There was one area that was still wet!     Yesterday they left open the automatic doors and brought fans in to move the air.  Today they opened the doors again.  I sure hope it helps, I'd like to stay more than two hours tomorrow and get some work done!

[Purplelady1040]

Today and yesterday I had to leave work within two hours of starting because of the carpet cleaning completed over the weekend.  Yesterday they closed our branch at three after numerous complaints from patrons and almost all staff complaining of headaches, nausea, burning throats...  I have asthma and right after I walked in yesterday my throat started to burn and my lungs felt constricted.  We have no idea what they did on the carpets, but we think they didn't dilute the solution correctly.  There was one area that was still wet!     Yesterday they left open the automatic doors and brought fans in to move the air.  Today they opened the doors again.  I sure hope it helps, I'd like to stay more than two hours tomorrow and get some work done!

Wow, hope you get to feeling better and can get back to work.

[AbbyTC]

Wow, hope you get to feeling better and can get back to work.

One week later and I can STILL smell the cleaning solution!     The cleaning people still claim they mixed the solution right.  Highly doubtful with the way we all reacted to it.  The only good thing is our carpets look really good and they got out some pretty bad spots!   

[The Troll]

We participated in "Giving Tuesday", setting up a table near the circulation desk to get people to donate.  We had lanyards and lip balm to give to anyone who donated money of any amount.  I was counting the money and came up with a total of $84.05.  Five cents?  I thought a child may have donated the lone nickel.  I asked my co-workers about and was told a lady passed by the table and saw the lip balms.  She asked for one and was told she needed to donate money to get it.  So she ran out to her car and came back with a nickel!  Gee, thanks for the huge donation, lady.  We really appreciate it.   

  Don't feel bad, but one Sunday the wife and I went into Steak and Shake to get something to eat.  About the time when church let out.  In came four old ladies all dressed up with big hats and a gallon of perfume on each one of them.  Each one got a good sized meal with several refills on their drinks.  When they left I looked over at the table and there was no tips but this card.  I went over to look at it and it was a prayer card   I came back to the table and said to my wife that that bunch of old tight wad left a prayer card.  My wife said, that's a shame, the waitress can't eat paper.

  I told this story here on the Zone and caught all kinds of hell for having the nerve to see what someone give as a tip.  Pariann was the worse.  How god damn cheap is a person to give a worker paper for a tip.      That's worse than giving a nickle. 

[AbbyTC]

And it happened again.     Another patron peed on one of our new chairs.  He was working along side of our reference librarian and after he left she noticed it.  He was an old man and never said anything to her that it happened.  I'm about ready to put pee pads on all our computer chairs.   

[Purplelady1040]

And it happened again.     Another patron peed on one of our new chairs.  He was working along side of our reference librarian and after he left she noticed it.  He was an old man and never said anything to her that it happened.  I'm about ready to put pee pads on all our computer chairs.   

That is just gross that patrons do it but I wonder if the old man even knew he did it. My 87 year old father wears adult diapers because he has problems and he can't tell you that he has peed on himself because he claims he doesn't know it unless it runs down his leg and then he is embarrassed about it. I would buy the pee pads!