When I was a part-timer I got yelled at for being too attentive to detail. I was processing a collection of new encyclopedias and I just happened to notice that the technical services department had placed the call number labels over top of the volume numbers and alphabetical listings on the spine of the encyclopedia set. That seemed really odd to me so I loaded them back on the truck and took them to the technical services department to have them fix it.
The cataloger took one look at me and started yelling "Why are YOU bringing this to our attention? Why isn't YOUR supervisor telling me this? We are following our technical services procedures for proper labelling. Labels are to be placed in certain positions on the spines of books." blah...blah...blah... I looked at her and made the mistake of saying "It's only common sense for the volume and alphabet to be showing". I thought fire was going to shoot out from her eyes. How dare I question cataloging procedures?
I learned a valuable lesson that day... you don't mess with tech services.
