Showing posts with label Job. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Job. Show all posts
There are so many things that are annoying around the holidays, but I'll only name a few recent ones. A big thing that I'm sure almost everyone would agree with, driving in snow is a pain in the butt! I've fish-tailed, skidded, got stuck, and just plain sick of scraping snow/ice off my windows. Now you ask if when I'm old enough to move out if I'm going to move out of the snowy-winter states, well no because I like the change of seasons. It sort of doesn't make sense but that is alright.
Another recent annoyance is at the Library. Certain patrons feel the need to come into the library and try to fool us with their lies because they did something wrong and wont admit to it. In one instance a patron brought in a book that was two years overdue that had a broken hardcover. We had told them that we wont accept it because it is broken. They persisted that two years ago we had checked it out to them like that, which we wouldn't have since it was in that bad of a condition. In a result they got all mad and hadn't talked very nice to us thus getting themselves banned from using the Library until they make a settlement.
Also another patron came in and owed some money for a DVD that was overdue. If you're late on a DVD it is $1/per day. Well they paid for the charge but wondered when the DVD was due because they said they brought it back on time and that they wanted a receipt. Well I had already cleared it because they paid for it and so I had no way of looking up when they brought it back. So I told them that and they were like, "So there is no way for you to look it up?" well..that is what I had JUST said.. they were like well other libraries can do it. Ok well we aren't other libraries thanks...if you want to compare us to other libraries in a negative way then why don't you just go to the other libraries. So I gave them a receipt and they stood there like they wanted their money back. Obviously they didn't bring the DVD back on time because we also give a one days grace so it would have to of been overdue for four days in order to have charged $3. Ended up just giving them money back when they insisted that they didn't care about paying the fine, well obviously they did because they went to the full extent to explain that they work a low paying minimum wage job. By then I about had it with their stupid why this why that and didn't really care. It isn't my fault that they work a low paying job. So they took back $2 and gave us $1, you know a whole $2 makes a difference.
Oh then another time I was checking On Order slips for Brian and I had just checked the book drop and got a couple books that people had put on hold. Well there was a slip for a book that I had just got a hold for and so I told Brian. He said that the person seen the book that I had in my hand and didn't want it because it was a 3-in-1 book, that they wanted just the stand-alone version. My first thought was well if you want the stand-alone book go buy it your fricken self. There is no reason to buy a stand-alone book when we have a 3-in-1 book with the next two books in the series. And if you don't want to read the next two books in the series then just read the one and return it, simple as that. The stand-alone book was $17.50, which that money could be put towards buying other books in that series instead of wasting it on another copy of a book we already have. It is so aggrivating how people are so stupid towards things like that.
Mood: Annoyed
Reading: Eldest - Almost done!!!
Listening To: Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Wishing For: Snow Day Tomorrow
Another recent annoyance is at the Library. Certain patrons feel the need to come into the library and try to fool us with their lies because they did something wrong and wont admit to it. In one instance a patron brought in a book that was two years overdue that had a broken hardcover. We had told them that we wont accept it because it is broken. They persisted that two years ago we had checked it out to them like that, which we wouldn't have since it was in that bad of a condition. In a result they got all mad and hadn't talked very nice to us thus getting themselves banned from using the Library until they make a settlement.
Also another patron came in and owed some money for a DVD that was overdue. If you're late on a DVD it is $1/per day. Well they paid for the charge but wondered when the DVD was due because they said they brought it back on time and that they wanted a receipt. Well I had already cleared it because they paid for it and so I had no way of looking up when they brought it back. So I told them that and they were like, "So there is no way for you to look it up?" well..that is what I had JUST said.. they were like well other libraries can do it. Ok well we aren't other libraries thanks...if you want to compare us to other libraries in a negative way then why don't you just go to the other libraries. So I gave them a receipt and they stood there like they wanted their money back. Obviously they didn't bring the DVD back on time because we also give a one days grace so it would have to of been overdue for four days in order to have charged $3. Ended up just giving them money back when they insisted that they didn't care about paying the fine, well obviously they did because they went to the full extent to explain that they work a low paying minimum wage job. By then I about had it with their stupid why this why that and didn't really care. It isn't my fault that they work a low paying job. So they took back $2 and gave us $1, you know a whole $2 makes a difference.
Oh then another time I was checking On Order slips for Brian and I had just checked the book drop and got a couple books that people had put on hold. Well there was a slip for a book that I had just got a hold for and so I told Brian. He said that the person seen the book that I had in my hand and didn't want it because it was a 3-in-1 book, that they wanted just the stand-alone version. My first thought was well if you want the stand-alone book go buy it your fricken self. There is no reason to buy a stand-alone book when we have a 3-in-1 book with the next two books in the series. And if you don't want to read the next two books in the series then just read the one and return it, simple as that. The stand-alone book was $17.50, which that money could be put towards buying other books in that series instead of wasting it on another copy of a book we already have. It is so aggrivating how people are so stupid towards things like that.
Mood: Annoyed
Reading: Eldest - Almost done!!!
Listening To: Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Wishing For: Snow Day Tomorrow
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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