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A oversized woman comes in and doesn't want to sit in the chairs for customers, she wants to sit in the chairs for the librarians. Since both chairs have armrests, and the librarians's chairs are the swivel kind (they feel a little unstable), she should have be told "hell no." Or a more polite form of that. Instead one of the librarians let her use our chair. Then she wanted to use one of the World Language computers, since they arn't in the same area as The Pit, ie, the rows of computers the uncleaned use. She was told "no," since those computers in the World Language area are only for learning languages (though they have access to the internet). So she asks for a manager. I don't know why the librarian didn't ask for a manager of the librarians but a manager for the support staff, who (even though being a manager) has less say then a librarian. But said manager did tell her the computers in the World Language area was just for learning languages, so she would have to use the public terminals on the other side of the floor (ie, The Pit).
The other side of the coin
I get on one of the elevators on the basement level, and I want to go to the 4th floor. Elevator stops on the first floor and a really athletic guy gets on and pushes "2" and says outloud, "I am going to two." I don't acknowledge. Of course, I think, "you are fit, why are you getting on the elevator?" though I guess even marathon runners use elevators. He gets off on 2, and walking away he is craning his neck, looking at me. WTF? I started to think when he got on he was talking to the voices in his head, "no, I'm not going to the 4th floor kids area to lust after kids, I'm going to 2 to look at the naked picture of kids in the art books."
My lawyer can do this faster
sc: sucky customer
me:
I get this phone call (note, I'm going to mess up some of the details because she was givng me so many details it was hard to keep up):
sc: I need you to look up some information on the internet. I need to know from the FHA what is the interest of a loan by senior if it is a reverse mortgage?
me: alright, this is an involved question that I can't answer in a few minutes. I'm going to fill out a reference form and someone will get back to you with an answer.
sc: The person who looked it up for me did it in a few minutes.
me: ok, I'll see what I can do. What is the website?
sc: It's FHA.
me: Is it .com, .org?
sc: I don't know, I don't have a computer or I would look it up.
me: ok, I see FHA is under HUD. I typed the terms you gave me and I have a lot of hits.
sc: the person who looked it up for me found it quick.
me: was it another librarian?
sc: no, it's my lawyer in California but he's busy.
me: well, he's more familiar with this website then I am.
sc: try these terms (some terms that had nothing to do with reverse mortgages)
me: sorry, too many hits.
sc: do you know anything about reverse mortgages?
me: no
sc: when you get old you will need to know about this. Give me the number of FHA and I'll call them.
A oversized woman comes in and doesn't want to sit in the chairs for customers, she wants to sit in the chairs for the librarians. Since both chairs have armrests, and the librarians's chairs are the swivel kind (they feel a little unstable), she should have be told "hell no." Or a more polite form of that. Instead one of the librarians let her use our chair. Then she wanted to use one of the World Language computers, since they arn't in the same area as The Pit, ie, the rows of computers the uncleaned use. She was told "no," since those computers in the World Language area are only for learning languages (though they have access to the internet). So she asks for a manager. I don't know why the librarian didn't ask for a manager of the librarians but a manager for the support staff, who (even though being a manager) has less say then a librarian. But said manager did tell her the computers in the World Language area was just for learning languages, so she would have to use the public terminals on the other side of the floor (ie, The Pit).
The other side of the coin
I get on one of the elevators on the basement level, and I want to go to the 4th floor. Elevator stops on the first floor and a really athletic guy gets on and pushes "2" and says outloud, "I am going to two." I don't acknowledge. Of course, I think, "you are fit, why are you getting on the elevator?" though I guess even marathon runners use elevators. He gets off on 2, and walking away he is craning his neck, looking at me. WTF? I started to think when he got on he was talking to the voices in his head, "no, I'm not going to the 4th floor kids area to lust after kids, I'm going to 2 to look at the naked picture of kids in the art books."
My lawyer can do this faster
sc: sucky customer
me:
I get this phone call (note, I'm going to mess up some of the details because she was givng me so many details it was hard to keep up):
sc: I need you to look up some information on the internet. I need to know from the FHA what is the interest of a loan by senior if it is a reverse mortgage?
me: alright, this is an involved question that I can't answer in a few minutes. I'm going to fill out a reference form and someone will get back to you with an answer.
sc: The person who looked it up for me did it in a few minutes.
me: ok, I'll see what I can do. What is the website?
sc: It's FHA.
me: Is it .com, .org?
sc: I don't know, I don't have a computer or I would look it up.
me: ok, I see FHA is under HUD. I typed the terms you gave me and I have a lot of hits.
sc: the person who looked it up for me found it quick.
me: was it another librarian?
sc: no, it's my lawyer in California but he's busy.
me: well, he's more familiar with this website then I am.
sc: try these terms (some terms that had nothing to do with reverse mortgages)
me: sorry, too many hits.
sc: do you know anything about reverse mortgages?
me: no
sc: when you get old you will need to know about this. Give me the number of FHA and I'll call them.
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