Thursday, September 8, 2011

Wow did you really need your egg white omlet that bad?

Sometimes I think the weather just brings out different sides of people. Usually bad weather brings out a nicer more compassionate side of people. Yeah not so much today.   It's been raining in the northeast for weeks. Today is just another rainy day.  I got to work a little early and headed upstairs to get breakfast since we have no breakfast food at our place.  One of our partners gets in the elevator with me and just sort of looks. I guess he thought he should have gotten off the elevator first however, my theory is always ladies first and in most cases that's what the male thinks anyway. Not this guy. He almost ran me over in the hallway to the cafe in order to get in line first to get his egg white omlet first.  I know they have to make it and it takes time, but jeez it's an egg white omlet, it takes 2 minutes at the most. And who pushes in front of women?  I'm sorry you are SO IMPORTANT that you have to have your omlet first.  You are over the age of 50 and should act like a freaking adult. Next time you ask for something at the reference desk, let's see who wants to get it for you because it won't be me...Maybe he had a crappy morning with all the weather. But whatever, I'm operating on 4 hours of sleep and have been nice to everyone. If I wasn't planning on it I would have stayed in my office.
Somedays I don't think I got the right part of my profession. Maybe being a librarian at a college would suit me better. Maybe then I would not have to talk to as many people or maybe I should have been a cataloger. I get so tired of the stupid requests.  Everything from where do I return my books--Um to the slot in the wall that says "return books here"?  to the bossy secretaries and paralegals who act like the librarians are their secretaries.  Seriously pull your own docket. We are here for actual research which is why we all have to have masters degrees!  No, I can't print that 500 page document for you, that's actually your job or you should call the copy center.  Or to the overly demanding attorneys who think you can get them everything (that's not a public document, oh you think it should be, well that's great you call and tell them that) or the associates who are clueless (what's a docket?)...
I can not deal with the accents either. It's either the nasally south jersey accent (fiance's sister actually has this too although no one else in their family has it) or the south philly accent, or the horrid northeast philly accent where they say things such as pixtures and li-berry.  Didn't anyone have a grammer class in school? And if they did, how did they pass? 

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