Annoying People
I consider myself relatively easy-going. It takes a lot to tick me off. And “hate?” Well, that’s just not a word in my vocabulary – unless used in the context of “I hate broccoli”, in […]
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My Resolutions For You In 2018
Every year I make New Year’s resolutions and every year I break them. So this year I’m trying something different — resolutions for other people. Hey world — here are the changes I’d like to […]
Thanks For Trying To Ruin My Day!
If you work with the public, you’re stressed. Unreasonable customers. Demanding bosses. Reduced staffing. I love my job, but the workload is tough and getting tougher. What can we do to keep our spirits up? […]
Don’t Call Me Baby!
I’ve worked at my local public library long enough to be on a first-name basis with many of our patrons, and the rest greet me with the courtesy and respect that, as a trained professional, […]
Random Acts of Excruciating Annoyance
“I hate people who use the automatic door opener when they don’t need to,” my co-worker Sara said recently. I always use the automatic door opener! I used to struggle to open the heavy doors […]
Cell Phone Echolalia
Are you troubled by people who endlessly blather on their cell phones in public? I propose a new medical condition, which I’m calling Cell Phone Echolalia. CPE causes the sufferer to repeat everything a person […]
Bad Librarian!
I work at the circulation desk of my local public library. I recently handed a patron’s library card back to her after scanning it, but I lost my grip and basically ended up throwing at […]
Fun With Telemarketers
After spending five minutes of my life that I’ll never get back again trying to politely get rid of a slick-talking dude who’d phoned, intent upon selling me seasons tickets to the opera, I asked […]
Excuses, Excuses
The art of storytelling is alive and well, which is something you soon learn when you work at a public library. I’m not talking about the stories in the books. I’m talking about the excuses […]
Forty Arguments To Have With Your Husband Before You Die
By Roz Warren and Janet Golden Do you and your hubby have the same old arguments over and over? Are you starting to think there might be exciting new arguments you could be having instead? […]