July 20th, 2006 librarian rules

i am really quite sick of people, since it’s been the school holidays, and there seems to be even more people than usual in and out the doors. last saturday was a mess. our door counter stats will confirm our hunches, i guess. thank god i’m off work today, and maybe can squeeze in a viewing of the winterbottom ‘tristam shandy’ film…

here are a few exasperated points:

1. please take your medication regularly.

2. don’t all rush the library at once to sign up, say twenty of you

3. we are here to help, not offend you

4. buying a “replacement” copy of a book or cd does not mean that everything is right in the universe now and you won’t have to pay for it. remember that piece of paper you signed when you got your card? it says that you are responsible for items. we charge you because state library charges us for damaged books that we return. we are not swimming in money either.

5. a bit of noise in the library is fine, no need to hush hush

6. but nobody likes a person talking loudly on their mobile anywhere

7. please control your children

8. a regular shower would be good

9. i don’t want to date you unless you are under 35 and not insane. i probably don’t want to date you anyway because you are a dropkick who needs to hang around the library all hours

10. if you are stalking me, you can fuck off

11. the opacs suck because i.t. doesn’t have the cash for new hardware, or we are low priority, and as such, we have to grin and bear it more than you do

that’s it for now.