When I arrived back at my desk to eat, there was a message from Beast. I called him back and we talked just long enough for the sandwich to get cold. Yum: cold mystery-meat. [to be read with sarcasm]
To be fair, though, there were a bunch of things that I needed to ask him about:
--why the laptop won't print without telling me first that the connection to the printer failedBest comment from a patron at the Reference Desk today: "I need to have an email account to send an email to this woman??!" [This was 5 seconds after "I've never used a computer before."] She then went and called her husband to ask if it was ok.
--why we have no picture on the TV and the sound has a hiccup every 3-5 seconds (but we can see the DirecTV guide and the putzy other stuff they give us
--why we haven't seen Sparky's school pictures (taken in Sept.) yet......which led to a lengthy discussion of outstanding checks from October and November
--why he's so far away when all the technology in the house weirds out (hey, at least the furnace hasn't been turned off overnight like it was Saturday night...!)
Runner-up: This was from a guy who is interested in buying all 25 volumes of a human psychology series published in 1974, which he used to own till he had a 'disagreement' with his landlord. I jokingly said he might need a bigger house for all the books. He chuckled, then laughed really loud and said, "Yeah, or a bigger car!" Couldn't help it: I just stared at him for a beat, and then went into hysterics, with him.
Now my hands smell like Burger King and I'm totally unmotivated about the work I have to do today. It's moderately fun stuff, too. Well, "fun" to me: writing up continuations cards for the items we decided we want to add to the account, and then actually ordering them online.
[Some idiot has already smeared up the chicken drawing I photographed--I hate people.]
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