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Nov. 30th, 2010 04:38 pmIn which I complain about a coworker. Feel free to scroll on by.
- First of all. So, you're paging, right? Shelving books. And there are three carts of books. Two of them are full, and have been full for quite some time. So full, in fact, that some of the shelves are double-stacked in places. The other has only been out on the floor for a few minutes and is mostly empty. In fact, one of your coworkers (who is checking in books) has been putting books on it, since the double-stacked carts can't fit any more. So which one do you start shelving first? Why, the nearly empty one, of course!
...seriously. How the frell does that make any sense at all? You have taken the cart that still had space to fill and left us to put checked in books on carts that are already overflowing. That is insane.
- Secondly. Every time she has any sort of book that needs scanning in, she brings it to me. No matter what I'm doing. No matter how many other books are piled on my desk. No matter if the person at the other desk is doing nothing at all. Nope. I always get whatever it is, especially if it's a cart full of things and I already have another cartful to process.
- Third. Sometimes, while she's in the stacks, patrons ask her questions. Sometimes, she can't answer them. That's fine - happens to everyone. But she doesn't ever ask them any sort of question to clarify what they want, she doesn't actually bring them to the desk or me to them to continue the question, and she never has any sort of details. Just a very vague indication of something the patron might possibly want. It is infuriating.
- Finally. I can't never hear a word she is saying. She mumbles and only says half of her sentences. Not when she's having a conversation - then she's perfectly capable of speaking at a normal volume. It's only when she has to tell me things that are actually necessary for me to know in order to effectively do my job that she decides that she has to be inaudible. And, y'know, I don't always hear that well anyway but my reaction to everything that comes out of your mouth shouldn't have to be, "I can't hear you - could you say that again?" Which half the time doesn't work because she's already hurried away.
She does shelve very well. And, in conversation, she's a very nice person. It's just that sometimes I want to shake her.
- First of all. So, you're paging, right? Shelving books. And there are three carts of books. Two of them are full, and have been full for quite some time. So full, in fact, that some of the shelves are double-stacked in places. The other has only been out on the floor for a few minutes and is mostly empty. In fact, one of your coworkers (who is checking in books) has been putting books on it, since the double-stacked carts can't fit any more. So which one do you start shelving first? Why, the nearly empty one, of course!
...seriously. How the frell does that make any sense at all? You have taken the cart that still had space to fill and left us to put checked in books on carts that are already overflowing. That is insane.
- Secondly. Every time she has any sort of book that needs scanning in, she brings it to me. No matter what I'm doing. No matter how many other books are piled on my desk. No matter if the person at the other desk is doing nothing at all. Nope. I always get whatever it is, especially if it's a cart full of things and I already have another cartful to process.
- Third. Sometimes, while she's in the stacks, patrons ask her questions. Sometimes, she can't answer them. That's fine - happens to everyone. But she doesn't ever ask them any sort of question to clarify what they want, she doesn't actually bring them to the desk or me to them to continue the question, and she never has any sort of details. Just a very vague indication of something the patron might possibly want. It is infuriating.
- Finally. I can't never hear a word she is saying. She mumbles and only says half of her sentences. Not when she's having a conversation - then she's perfectly capable of speaking at a normal volume. It's only when she has to tell me things that are actually necessary for me to know in order to effectively do my job that she decides that she has to be inaudible. And, y'know, I don't always hear that well anyway but my reaction to everything that comes out of your mouth shouldn't have to be, "I can't hear you - could you say that again?" Which half the time doesn't work because she's already hurried away.
She does shelve very well. And, in conversation, she's a very nice person. It's just that sometimes I want to shake her.
