Cleanup: 3 & 4 (Teen and Adult Fiction, half the non-fiction)
8:00 - Start cleanup. Attack the Teen section. Find a pair of books stuck together with gum. Incredulous. Fish paperbacks out from behind the shelves. Snub Meg Cabot.
6:07 - "Excuse me, where are the Punjabi books?" They're spread around on trucks because, inexplicably, the library people picked Spring Break to reorganize the World Languages AND build different paperback shelves. "They're just over here while we reorganize."
8:12 - Attack the rest of the Fiction section. Begin building what will be a two-foot-high stack of books that don't belong. Dash down aisles, shoving in bookends. Almost break a sweat.
8:17 - Wonder why so many people read Nora Roberts.
8:20 - Pass Guy Gavriel Kay and feel tempted.
8:31 - Intercom: "Ladies and gentlemen, the library is closing in thirty minutes. You have twenty-five minutes left to make payments on your account, including your printing account. Internet sessions will be closing..." Must start non-fiction! Dump the two-foot stack on the almighty Wooden Truck, where they will ideally be reshelved but probably just put in the back.
8:32 - Encounter mess in the 005s. Wonder who was so curious about Microsoft that they took out and replaced three Dummies books.
8:37 - "So we put the books with the gum on them in the freezer." "Good plan."
8:45 - "Ladies and gentlemen, the library is closing in fifteen minutes. You have five minutes to..." Four aisles to go! Continue dumping misplaced books on the truck.
8:47 - Avert eyes in the 613s ('Sex for Dummies'). Finish!
8:49 - Run to wooden truck, haul it to the back, shift its load onto another truck.
8:50 - "Isabel, did you already do the study carrels?" "No. Crap." Run to study carrels. Find three huge Chilton car manuals, among other things. Haul more books to the back.
8:55 - Run around pushing in computer chairs. Find a home for a homeless one.
8:56 - Glare at people walking in and feel vindicated at - "Ladies and gentlemen, the library is closing in five minutes..." Rejoice when the computers all say, 'This branch is closed.'
8:57 - Run around again. Pick up three Punjabi books and a National Geographic magazine.
8:58 - Lights go off.
8:59 - Discover I have broken a sweat.
9:00 - Flee.
1 comment:
I loved this post about your job. Thank goodness you got the Punjabi books to the back. Sounds like you're not alone, and "Isabel" does the same thing. It's always a puzzle as to people's taste in books.
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