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Aug. 18th, 2009 04:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darchildreOne of our patrons has brought a Roomba for us to try out in the library.*
It is both terrifying and really funny.
*The question of who is going to vacuum the Kingston library is a matter of long-standing debate. See, all the other libraries have a custodial staff but then, all the other libraries have their own buildings. The Kingston library is inside the Kingston Community Center, which belongs to the county. And the county is supposed to take care of its maintenance and upkeep. But they do not clean the library. And my boss does not feel that we, as library employees and not custodial staff, should have to vacuum the library. So mostly, the library does not get vacuumed (until my boss gets fed up and vacuums herself).
Thus, the most recent solution to the problem we've come up with it "Try to get the Friends of the Library to buy us a Roomba." We are borrowing this one to demonstrate to the Friends how they work.
It is both terrifying and really funny.
*The question of who is going to vacuum the Kingston library is a matter of long-standing debate. See, all the other libraries have a custodial staff but then, all the other libraries have their own buildings. The Kingston library is inside the Kingston Community Center, which belongs to the county. And the county is supposed to take care of its maintenance and upkeep. But they do not clean the library. And my boss does not feel that we, as library employees and not custodial staff, should have to vacuum the library. So mostly, the library does not get vacuumed (until my boss gets fed up and vacuums herself).
Thus, the most recent solution to the problem we've come up with it "Try to get the Friends of the Library to buy us a Roomba." We are borrowing this one to demonstrate to the Friends how they work.
