Sometimes there are perks to my job. It is great to be able to "take the long way" to the toilet and oh! look, i can see the new books we have in processing! i can see the new dvds and cds before they are accessioned, and put holds on things before they come out. i get free reserves and free rentals. and sometimes when they acquire surplus items or bonus items, they give them away to us minions on the ground floor.
so yeah, i guess i do get it good sometimes. just have to remember that in the times of bad. when the computers throw a fit and delete everything i have just written, when customers throw a wobbly because something should be there and it's not. when im trying my hardest to be positive and cheerful to customers and they don't even bother to acknowledge me except to throw their stuff at me. when all my peers are bitching and moaning, when i pour my heart and soul into something for it to fail. i have to remember the good things.
like when a customer is just so happy that you have found what they were looking for, when i get my 'regulars' coming in and i can have a goss, when work is going well and everyone is getting on, when i run my meetings and it all goes fantastically well, when i pick up something that is new and (surprise surprise) noone else wants it, when i feel like i am in control and appreciated.
So maybe most days (as you can see on this blog) i am a 'glass half empty' girl. but i do know when to thank my lucky stars that i have a job that mostly enjoy ....... (even if i would fire most of the staff:! ;)
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