Hissy Fit

Queen Bee is having a royal hissy because 'someone' made arrangements to attend a very important national conference but they failed to notice that they would be arriving the same day the conference starts instead of the  day before.  She is seething because they are going to miss a big chunk of the important programs offered that first day.  


She may want to consider NOT handing over the company credit card to just anyone next time.

Sycophant Sisters

The Duchess better watch out. Word on the street is that she is being usurped. Sounds like the Queen Bee has a new favorite 'Lady in Waiting'.

From what I hear the 'Lady in Waiting' is quickly annoying everyone with her rapid rise and attempts to crawl up the ladder in the beehive.

Whatz Up?

What would you think if a not-so-nice to you former boss wanted to 'connect' on Linkedin?

Slipped Right Through My Fingers... Darn It!

I almost got another award today (that would have been the third in two weeks) but the patron didn't know how to nominate me so I had to settle for a nice email in my employee file.  Too bad.  The award system we have here equates to cold, hard cash.  It would have been nice to add a few points to my coiffer.

Oh well... only more motivation to keep providing good customer service.

You never would have heard me utter those words at my last job where everyone comes to work every day and just try to keep their heads down so Queen Bee doesn't come along and chop it off.

Like Rats Swimming For Shore

All aboard a sinking ship, that is...

Since I left my last position I have heard several crazy stories of the insane changes (or lack thereof) in my old department.  Guess the Queen Bee found me irreplaceable after all. She seems to be scrambling to disseminate my old duties amongst the entire Reference staff instead of just filling my position.  That's what she gets for dumping so many duties on one individual with reimbursement for the time and the trouble to fill the position. 

Since I left they have lost two part-time staff, a paraprofessional, and another Reference Librarian.  Shouldn't this turnover give her a clue that her ship is quickly sinking? Oh wait. That's what a normal, rational person would think. 

Queen Bee of Hearts

Whenever I pass the director's office the "Queen Bee" is either yelling at someone on the phone or sitting at her computer playing Hearts. Guess there just aren't enough things to keep her busy. If she ever caught me playing a game on the computer while staffing the Ref Desk, it would be "off with her head!"

Reach Out and Touch Someone

Our director had to cut down on the number of calls that a certain hearing disabled couple were making via the TTY/TDD machine. It turns out that the wife was using it to call long distance numbers and was running up the library's phone bill.

The 'Queen Bee' also had to cut out international faxes after the great Spanish Lotto controversy because so many of the public were getting duped into sending their actual money to get their "lottery winnings". The cost of the fax call plus replacing the toner and paper was really adding up and the measly fax fee that we charged just wasn't adding up.

You Be Stressin'

I was once told by my library director during a performance evaluation that I was 'too attentive to detail' and that my so-called 'perfectionism' was stressing out my supervisor because she just couldn't live up to my high standards.  I ask you. Is that really my problem?

Public Access vs. Personal Safety

What is it with some library directors?  I know they want to provide access to the public but at what cost to their employees?  We have kept the doors open during fire, flood, ice storms, blackouts, water and sewer outages.  At what point does public access override the well-being of your employees?

Who Do You Think You Are?

I don't know what it is about this town or this library but I've never met a group of people, old or young, rich or poor, that feel like that are entitled to everything.  Whether it be a free photocopy or checking out a non-circulating reference book, the people and their audacity just amaze me.

The Green Mile

Why is it that whenever you are called into the Director's office it feels like you've been summoned to the electric chair?  The funeral march starts playing in your head and everything gets all tunnel-vision even when you're not the one in trouble. Hmm?

Winnie the Pooh Pas

Has anyone else ever been forced by the powers that be to sacrifice your own sense of dignity in service to your library?  When I was a newbie librarian my director 'volunteered' me to dress up in costume and parade around the state capitol waving signs and chanting in support of libraries.