tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post4397538613427984506..comments2023-11-22T02:49:34.600-06:00Comments on A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette: Sick, BeingJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028088897973151439noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-8461959269068960172007-01-15T20:18:00.000-06:002007-01-15T20:18:00.000-06:00Ahhh, but I remember the libraries of my youth...b...Ahhh, but I remember the libraries of my youth...<i>books</i>, actually, more so than the denizens who shelved and organized them. I spent hour amongst the shelves, enjoying great selections randomly, or via the cardexes (cardexi?)<br /><br />Of course, I haven't actually <i>entered</i> a library in over a decade, except that one time several years ago to look for a particular book. It was not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-65633469079930541182007-01-14T14:05:00.000-06:002007-01-14T14:05:00.000-06:00Wouldn't a public library staffed entirely by peop...Wouldn't a public library staffed entirely by people (mostly women) dressed in face masks and rubber gloves just make the place an even bigger magnet for perverts than it is ordinarily?<br /><br />Besides, if we had that going on full-time at the front line what would we do for special come the Xmas piss-up?Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-39297256306871469172007-01-12T15:54:00.000-06:002007-01-12T15:54:00.000-06:00you are correct, anonymous - it should be the geru...you are correct, anonymous - it should be the gerund:<br /><br />les jours de le mon se défonçant du choixAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-45512252026851527252007-01-12T12:39:00.000-06:002007-01-12T12:39:00.000-06:00The problem with coming in sick in order to stick ...The problem with coming in sick in order to stick it to the man (or the uppity-ups) is that "the man" seldom lowers him/herself to associate with hourly workers who have no benefits. So the people you're exposing to the plague du jour are probably people who have nothing to do with the policy and who don't have sick leave, either.<br /><br />In my library, the incredibly important information Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-68356170429752564422007-01-11T16:11:00.000-06:002007-01-11T16:11:00.000-06:00"Days with my getting high of the choice" ????"Days with my getting high of the choice" ????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-74540291213576387132007-01-11T15:22:00.000-06:002007-01-11T15:22:00.000-06:00I think it would be "binges du jour" or "binges au...I think it would be "binges du jour" or "binges au choix"<br /><br />or perhaps "les jours avec le mon se défoncer du choix"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-8151847536536402292007-01-11T15:15:00.000-06:002007-01-11T15:15:00.000-06:00Duda, wow! I've heard of patrons getting (or compl...Duda, wow! I've heard of patrons getting (or complaining about) dirty books <i>from</i> the library, but this is the first I can recall of a librarian talking about the patrons themselves producing dirty books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-48971241477440688602007-01-11T12:51:00.000-06:002007-01-11T12:51:00.000-06:00We used to have an assistant at my library who wro...We used to have an assistant at my library who wrote an article talking about the health dangers of working in a library - including getting AIDS from books about AIDS... needless to say, no one minded terribly when he was let go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-1314793257488269112007-01-11T08:59:00.000-06:002007-01-11T08:59:00.000-06:00Oops would that be "du jour" or "au choix"?
You ge...Oops would that be "du jour" or "au choix"?<br />You get the idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-29432421941052114732007-01-11T08:47:00.000-06:002007-01-11T08:47:00.000-06:00It's more important to save your sick days for rec...It's more important to save your sick days for recovering from your binge de jour's. (sp?)<br />BTW, my supervisor tried to wheedle me into coming in to work "just for <i> part </i> of the work day when I was going to be sedated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-79911299011004188422007-01-09T21:40:00.000-06:002007-01-09T21:40:00.000-06:00If you are a supervisor, make sure you complain of...If you are a supervisor, make sure you complain often that your department uses too much sick time. That way all your employees will come in when they are sick for fear of a bad performance review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-56755859137645109662007-01-09T20:24:00.000-06:002007-01-09T20:24:00.000-06:00I think everyone who works in a library should wea...I think everyone who works in a library should wear white gloves and face masks all the time. Then it doesn't matter who is or isn't sick within the confines of the library. This also protects everyone from those filthy, germ-ridden patrons who do things to books I don't even want to know about. <br /><br />Perhaps rubber gloves should additionally be worn under the white gloves and some sort of ric-rachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663210384015548278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-14697240842330505582007-01-09T15:54:00.000-06:002007-01-09T15:54:00.000-06:00Hey romck77, maybe you should be more concerned ab...Hey romck77, maybe you should be more concerned about being able to read or write like a normal human being. Maybe those uppity ups have sick pay because they don't drag their knuckles on the ground, ever think of that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-56734673451634754302007-01-08T21:40:00.000-06:002007-01-08T21:40:00.000-06:00Or how about the patrons that come into the librar...Or how about the patrons that come into the library because they took a sick day off of work and "need" a DVD to watch from the library?Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381130136674863891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-28508647820610616912007-01-08T17:36:00.000-06:002007-01-08T17:36:00.000-06:00What about all those sick patrons at home with a l...What about all those sick patrons at home with a library book? All snuggled in bed with a box of tissue, a cup of tea, and a library book... aaachew! Oops! Sloshed tea on the book, sprayed it with phelgm, and then used a snot filled kleenex for a bookmark.<br /><br />Money may be the dirtiest thing in the world, but library books are a close second!dudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994862368122938757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-70770698474914354952007-01-08T16:37:00.000-06:002007-01-08T16:37:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eeyore the Donkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887479299949977198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-44101645288712239592007-01-08T13:13:00.000-06:002007-01-08T13:13:00.000-06:00Actually, it should depend on the amputation. For ...Actually, it should depend on the amputation. For example, if you just lost a hand or arm, you can still operate a computer with one hand and/or shelve books and do other duties. Losing your eyesight, on the other hand, is truly tragic as you can't get much done at work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com