Smells Like Teen Spirit....

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You can tell when the local schools assign group projects because the minivans pull up to the library entrance and the kids swarm the library and take over every table.  Our regular patrons aren't used to this hostile takeover and constantly complain about the increased noise level.  I on the other hand have my own complaints.

My sense of smell is not as sensitive as some of my coworkers, but whenever I walk through the stacks or common areas my nose is assaulted with the smell of Axe body spray and whatever teen girls wear, Bath and Body Works crap I assume.

I just want my sense of smell to come back... ::sigh::

Mean Girls 2: the worst idea since Palin's Alaska...

I'm not going to deny it, 'Mean Girls' is in my top 5 favorite movies. I've watched it over 10 times and I'll probably watch it some more.

So when I was channel surfing and ended up on 'Mean Girls 2,' it was like an hour a half train wreck that I couldn't stand to watch nor turn away. How they took Tina Fey's masterpiece and turned it into a wretched pile of filth is beyond me. The only returning cast member is Tim Meadows and his performance was amateurish compared to the first. Don't know how his agent suckered him into it, all of 'The Ladies Man' money is gone, 'The Ladies Man'!?!?

Thankfully, I've come across two foreign films that I've enjoyed much: 'Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec' and 'Beneath Hill 60.'

'Les Aventures Extraordinaires' could be described as a fantasy, mystery; its based on a series of graphic novels. It doesn't hurt that its French, I'm pretty sure an American adaptation would have ruined it.

'Beneath Hill 60' is based on the true story of an Australian mining outfit during WWI. Its a very unique and intriguing look at trench warfare. It isn't gruesome and action-packed like 'Saving Private Ryan' but it is just as good.

With French and Australian accents, you can't go wrong.

Management Memo of the Week...

This week's management memo has to deal with our County issued ID badges.

Apparently, it is advised that we do not wear them while we aren't at work.  It goes on to state (indirectly) that the public is stupid, and that they might think we are on official county business while shopping.  You don't want to be stopped in the produce aisle and to be asked where the restrooms are, do you?

Once I walk out of the exit at work, the first thing I do is take off my ID badge.  I assume my coworkers do not do the same hence the reason for this e-nag.  Who wants to broadcast where they work anyways?  A workplace "name tag" is a 'Dealbreaker' anyways.  Until I can use my library ID badge to get a discount at the kabob place next door, you won't see me sporting it after my shifts.

Start to a Good Day at Work...

Well, it wasn't the million dollar bookmark I've been waiting for. But I ended up finding a total of 60 cents in the bookdrop, enough for my Diet Pepsi from the vending machine.

This Week's Winner Is...

Patron ...2565. Who would have thought that those books on CD would be so damn expensive given the fact that they rarely play because patrons mistreat them so badly.

I'll Play Along...

I am not a big fan of Valentine's Day. I am on the side of calling it a Hallmark Holiday.
One of my classmates gave every one a Hershey's Kiss. I seriously felt like I was in grade school and I was supposed to bring in Valentine's Day cards for the whole class ("I Choo, Choo, Choose You").
I wasn't scheduled to work today, but I can imagine the copious amounts of red my coworkers must have worn. Wouldn't be surprised if there were some heart covered sweaters involved... ::shudder::

Every Single Week...

Every single week I am taking a bag or two of clothing not claimed from the Lost and Found. Single gloves, knit caps, and scarves I can understand. How people leave their winter jackets, walk outside, and still don't realize they left it I do not understand. It's near freezing outside and you're walking out of the library wearing a t-shirt. Forget much? Hopefully, by spring time when the weather warms up, I won't find myself constantly bagging all of these clothes. Thankfully there's a clothing donation bin at the end of the parking lot. If these patrons don't feel the need for this clothing, I'm sure those less fortunate would appreciate them.

Micromanaging One Bookdrop at a Time...

First off I apologize for the crappiness of the picture, it was taken using my old Blackberry.

I used to work a holiday book drop here and there back in the day when you would get paid extra, but not anymore.  I worked this particular book drop with my then partner-in-crime.

Before this took place, all of the managers discussed the fact that two of the youngest circ staff would be working that drop. Which is pretty much the equivalent of your parents talking about if it's okay to leave you and your teenage sibling home alone for the weekend.  And then your parents finally decide that you are old enough to handle that responsibility but they ask your next door neighbors to keep an eye on you.  The library equivalent for this was that one of the librarians stopped by to finish her work.  Really??  A public librarian coming in on her paid day off to "finish work."  Yeah, I really believe that.

Reverse age discrimination is what I call it.  Who is to say that if two of the older coworkers worked it, they wouldn't have held cock fights in the middle of the info desk?  What would we have done in an empty library sans managers?  Hold a library rave?  Looking back we should have and I would have made bank on cover charges.

We never were able to get the book stack to reach the ceiling.

T.G.I.F.

There's nothing like ending a horribly micromanaged work week than going out with some coworkers and hitting up a karaoke joint.

Politics, Religion... and now Weather.

This week's recurring theme will be about library mismanagement, I can't help it that they're so incompetent.  The branch manager sent out an email yesterday stating that it is now verboten to speak of weather/weather reports/anything weather related with patrons.  Too bad that's all patrons ever talk about when I interact with them: "Be careful out there it's slippery!" "Make sure you have some sunblock, it's sunny!"

Their reasoning:
1. We are not meteorologists, for crying out loud, meteorologists aren't even meteorologists, they're always wrong and on the off chance they're correct, they become braggadocios (more like braggadouches) about, "We told you so!"  Okay, let me stop this off tangent and refocus my rant.
2. There are other "authorities" who are more accurate than us, again with the meteorologists, sheesh.
3. "We don't want to pass on opinions without documenting sources," seriously, do you want MLA or APA with your weather forecast?
4. We can always "thank customers for sharing what they've heard," but we should not "engage them in dueling reports."  --- Bibliotecher to Patron: I'll see your snow shower and raise you a THUNDERSNOW!

I'm not a dick who can't handle authority, but I'll buck the system if I, usually validated by my coworkers, deem any said rules to be outlandish and impractical.  Screw it, when I go in tonight, I'm talking non-stop weather.  I'm telling all the patrons that there's a 95% chance of Tropic Thunder and I would know because I'm a lead farmer MFer!