So I work at the Alma Library and it's a great job to have. Luckily it's my first real job so I haven't really had any bad jobs, even the jobs my mom gives me sometimes. Well anyways, the worst part about my job is having to deal with people who come in during the summer with spaghetti strap tank tops and shorts that are way too short. I'm not saying like people who look good in them, I'm talking about oldish women old enough to be my grandma wearing this stuff showing cleavage and their fat rolls off. I know it's sort of mean but it's like wear some decent clothes, yeah it's summer but at least have some respect for the people around you, I know it's hard to do now days but you can do it! Another thing is when you get the people who want some kind of book but don't know specifically what kind. For example they have some idea of what type of book they want like war or something and then they say they want some specific war but they don't know what year or the name of it. So it's like you're supose to know what they're talking about, I'm thinking "Ok well, when you find out what you want specifically come back later". Often times though it isn't that difficult, little kids often say oh I want a book on horses or whatever and you can just show them where the horse section is.
My ultimate most favorite part of my job is having the people who owe tons of money to the library due to losing books or what not. I'm talking people who owe like $30 or more. Some of these lovely people come into the library and go on the war-path. They play the typical "well I never got any notice about these overdue/lost books." or "I've never checked out books from this library I don't know what you guys are charging me for." Granted sometimes there are mistakes but it takes two months of not returning books/not paying for lost books to go to a collection agency so they have no room to talk. Of course when I tell them that they owe whatever fines for the books plus the $10 collection agency fine when we send it, they get all defensive and start yelling at me as if it was me who got them into this mess and that I'm the one who sent it to the agency. Oh what wonderful people I encounter sometimes when working at the library.
My ultimate most favorite part of my job is having the people who owe tons of money to the library due to losing books or what not. I'm talking people who owe like $30 or more. Some of these lovely people come into the library and go on the war-path. They play the typical "well I never got any notice about these overdue/lost books." or "I've never checked out books from this library I don't know what you guys are charging me for." Granted sometimes there are mistakes but it takes two months of not returning books/not paying for lost books to go to a collection agency so they have no room to talk. Of course when I tell them that they owe whatever fines for the books plus the $10 collection agency fine when we send it, they get all defensive and start yelling at me as if it was me who got them into this mess and that I'm the one who sent it to the agency. Oh what wonderful people I encounter sometimes when working at the library.
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