I was the Saturday Librarian (yes, it has its own hashtag) at Small Town Library today.
First, a woman was massively rude about a book she requested that was sent to a branch other than what she wanted (investigation revealed that, surprise, surprise, the problem was user error, but she still wrote a nasty note to our supervisor). She was so rude that our normally-very-nice circ lieutenant said after she left: "Good thing the thing she was waiting for was a book and not, you know, a kidney."
Also today, I approved a purchase order for $6,000 worth of magazines. That's about how much money I have in my savings account. Between that and being the sole representative of my department in the building today, I'm positively drunk with power.
With great power comes great responsibility. I suppose you had to deal with Massively Rude Woman.
ReplyDeleteYes, but only as backup to our circ person. I was lucky that time.
Deletedid u add any mags or just renew what u had, or switch some out?
ReplyDeleteI cut a TON. I lost $500 from the budget, about 10% of the total. They just don't circulate as much as they used to because of the Big Bad Internet (can you sense that I was ready to cut more?).
DeleteSpare me the indignation of patrons who mess something up and then blame everyone else.
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