*not super-sucky, but an example of why I wish we could ask customers not to put things on carts we are shelving*
I was shelving a bookcart in the children's room at the library, had taken a last armful of non-fiction, and when I returned to the cart, found a pile of books on it. There were a few women with kids in the room, but none were in the immediate area, so I assumed these were unwanted items, and started re-shelving them.
Suddenly, one of the women rushes over and asks if I had taken that pile of books, and it turned out that she had been intending to check them out. She seemed a little miffed, but I think maybe she thought either I was a customer or assumed I had seen her with those books. Meanwhile, I still had some of the books in my arms, and was able to find most of the others....and I tell her that I was sorry about that, but that I had been shelving that cart and assumed anything left on it was okay to put back.
I was shelving a bookcart in the children's room at the library, had taken a last armful of non-fiction, and when I returned to the cart, found a pile of books on it. There were a few women with kids in the room, but none were in the immediate area, so I assumed these were unwanted items, and started re-shelving them.
Suddenly, one of the women rushes over and asks if I had taken that pile of books, and it turned out that she had been intending to check them out. She seemed a little miffed, but I think maybe she thought either I was a customer or assumed I had seen her with those books. Meanwhile, I still had some of the books in my arms, and was able to find most of the others....and I tell her that I was sorry about that, but that I had been shelving that cart and assumed anything left on it was okay to put back.
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