My work is never...dull.

[silveradept]

So what did Silv learn at work today?

- Unless someone is being really obvious about it, or does it so often that everybody knows they do it, it is damn hard to prove a case of harassment against an employer.
- There are people that don't understand that library meeting rooms are primarily for the use of library programs, and that we let community groups use them only when we don't need then.
- Furthermore, they don't believe that lapsit programs for baby children and their patents/caregivers could be more important than their organization needing to have meeting space. (Our city has a dearth of meeting space available for free, it's true.) At least, the incredulity in the caller's voice made it pretty clear, along with their eventual abrupt hanging up after expressing yet more disbelief. My studies, let me show you them.

We also had our fill of callers that like to be obscene and rude to the employees and people complaining that Marketing using us as a test location for screen marketing is a waste of tax dollars. (I can't say I like their placement - it's prominent, it is very large...but it's not in the sightlines of people who are checking out...)

It was a very combative day at work today, apparently.

So. That happened.

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[southernmyst.livejournal.com]

Ah, entitlewhores. Don't ya just love em. Whether they come in the guise of customers or bosses, the world is just crawling with them. Ugh.

Here's hoping next week is more mellow.

[silveradept]

It probably will be. That day was unusual. It was somewhat amusing to be explaining to someone that literacy and development programs for even the very youngest are, in fact, something the library believes in.

I was waiting for the "transfer me to your supervisor" remark, to be honest, but the flabbergasting apparently precluded that.