I had a weird experience at the library today.
This lady who works at the returns desk (who is usually quite nice) was a bit mean. We have a new system where our order histories are now kept in our accounts. I was returning some scrapbooking books (i took them out before we got the order history) and i wanted to keep track of the titles. So i asked her if she could just put them on my account again and i would return them right away. She didn't want to do this. Although she said it was because the books went into our account as we return them (which i knew wasn't right). So she didn't do it. Then on top of that i asked her to sign my suggestion slips. And she got sort of mean about it.
Then i went to the other side of the desk and asked another lady who is also normally very nice. ANd she wouldn't sign my slips either (she signed some last week). So i asked her why. And she said they were told not to sign anything. Now why they couldn't both have just said this nicely.
So I had to go to the reference desk. Thank goodness this was the YA reference desk and not my "favorite" reference librarian who oversees all book purchases.
Anyhow i've only come across this librarian a couple of times. She was fine with signing my slips. But then made a very odd wise crack at me. I don't think she meant it as mean. But it left me not feeling too great.
I had emailed the general library email asking about a book i had suggested in june (that came out in august). I just wanted to know if they had lost my slip (they normally order 95% of what i request). I guess it must have been this reference librarian who wrote back to me saying they didn't have my slip.
Anyhow today she blurts out "oh we found the missing slip it was in the wrong department". I said that was fine. Then she added, "it's hard to keep track with all the suggestion slips you hand in!"
Now granted i suggest a lot of books. But i am not forcing them to buy them. And these are all books that i read. I'm not just randomly suggesting books that i don't read.
Also, most people probably reserve books when they come in. But i like to get them first, so i suggest them months in advance. So i can get them first. I do think they would probably order a good majority of these books on their own. But it was just the way she spoke. Like I was reserving too many books, or making her job harder. Actually i think i'm making her job easier telling her all the popular up and coming YA books
