you're ugly and your momma dresses you funny

[orangerful]

Well, I had QUITE the day yesterday. I worked at Provinces from 1-9 and let me just tell you, from about 1-4 I was ready to lose my mind.

First of all, they got the new computer system, SAM, a program that relieves us of having to police the computer area, since the patrons can just sign on with their library card number and SAM keeps track of the time they are online and the pages they print. Well, SAM had only be live since Wednesday at Provinces, and since I had used it at West County, SAM was replaced by Sam yesterday as I ran around trying to explain to patrons how things worked, trying to get the printers to actually print, looking up card numbers and assigning new cards. It was just me and one other librarian on the desk from 1-5 and we were so busy. Well, I felt busy because around 2pm, this weird guy starts bugging me. I'm walking outta the back room and he's like "do you guys have [insert crappy movie title] soundtrack?" I checked the computer, found the CD he was looking for and brought it to him. Then he asked for another CD! Then DVDs. Then he started asking me about info for his "wold husky hybrid". And he just kept following me!!!!! Ugh. And of course, he was HIGH on the creepy scale. Like, his speech was sorta slurred, he was all shaky, his hat was on backwards, he smelled weird...I mean, COME ON! He has to KNOW he's not attractive at all. Then, to top it off, while I'm attempting to answer REAL questions from other patrons, he just starts hanging out by my computer. I'm trying to be nice, you really can't say "WOULD YOU GO THE HELL AWAY" to a patron...so when he asked for information I look it up.....then...the dreaded questions comes:

"Can I ask you a question."
"That's why I'm here, I'm information"
"Well, it's kinda personal"
"Oh, *nervous laugh of terror* well, I like to stick to LIBRARY question"
(and why do they ask if they can ask when they are going to ask ANYWAY!)
"You're outta high school right?" (wtf?) "Do you have any single girlfriends?"
(WTF)
"*begins long boring story about how he's been here for 3 months, his mom is dying, his grandparents are dying, his sisters foster child is missing....blah blah blah*"
New patron approaches desk
"HOW CAN I HELP YOU??????"

So I try to help the patron with the REAL question and I see that weirdo is writing down something on a piece of paper, then he gives it to me. It's his freakin' email address. FINALLY he leaves (because his ride is here, he's like 30 and he needs a ride!).

I am so happy I'm not back at that branch for awhile. I told the other librarians so if he comes stalking for me, they can hide too. Ugh. I mean, perhaps if he hadn't been freaky as hell it would have amused me....I'm helping you because it's my JOB sir, not because I like you!

*sigh* so that was my day yesterday.

We have to officially tell them we're not staying in this apartment by Sunday. We need to find a new apartment. That or somehow convince them that they should not raise our rent, which isn' going to happen.

Ah well, we're gonna go see Hitchhiker's Guide today and then maybe be-bop up to Baltimore for Joanne's art show thingy.

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only if the person asking is hot and sane. This guy did not meet either of those standards. ;-)