Not Yet Dead
Hey y'all,
I know it's been a while and what with the ghost post previous, it gives an odd apperance. The skinny is basically that my very small library is closing. With an unknown termination date for yours truly. The worst case scenario is end of May. I couldn't talk about it before because I'm not sure how many of my co-workers read this blog ( most likely none) and I was sworn to secrecy.
You'd think with all that in mind, I'd be in a much more tolerant mood with patrons, but you would be wrong.
One of the screwy community patrons has started coming in with alarming regulararty. Let's call her Ann O. Ing for now. Ann works at the co-op that I used to buy lunch in before I realized that HOLYSHITNOMOREPAYCHECKSDOOM meant that I should watch my spending. When she found out that I was the librarian, she started making threats about joining, but that she was too broke to afford the 20 dollar membership fee for non-student members.
But apparently she got the money together and now she is here every goddamn morning. And she wants to be my friend. I don't mind talking to patrons about finding a book, that's my job. But she likes to sit at the table and laugh at whatever she's reading or make 'hmm' noises that are clearly meant for me to engage her in conversation. Here's the problem: I don't care and what's more, I'm working!
Today she used the computer and tried to engage me in a conversation about how scary it was that all her information about her various moves was easily gotten via google. This is of course no revelation to anyone that's been participating in the world for the last ten years. Also, sweetie, you work at a co-op and can't afford a twenty dollar membership fee, NO ONE is trying to steal your identity.
Sorry to be all negative and really, she's the only patron I have that rubs me this way and I know I should be nicer to her. Yet... I know needy people and I've put so much time and energy into being someone that doesn't cave to that neediness. I'm sorry she's lonely, but I'm not an appropriate friend object. I'm here to help you get information, not pass the time.
On a pleasent note, it's off to a sci-fi convention this weekend.
Your bipolar,
CGL
2 comments:
...erk. Sorry to hear about the job disappearing - hope the worst case scenario doesn't come to pass.
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