Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Jesus tittyf****** Christ.
Ok, before I go any further, allow me to explain that yes, I realise I have what could well be one of the cushier jobs in the world and I have absolutely no room to talk about stress or crap working conditions..... but;
Yesterday we had this awful bloody harridan in with her two noisy assed kids. I should explain that in the library where I work the childrens library is upstairs, while the adults library is downstairs, though the childrens videos are still kept behind the adult counter. Anyways, this 'woman' comes to the counter (where I wasn't working, thankfully, I was lurking in the stacks eavesdropping) with some videos only to be told that she would need an adults library ticket to take them out on. 'But they're kids films' she cried, 'yes' said monica, 'but they still need to be issued onto an adults ticket. Mum then turns to her squawking brats and says 'Mummy's sorry but this lady says we aren't allowed these' at which both children (aged about 3 and 2) start screaming the fucking house down. Rather than just take he books and fuck off, this woman tries to REASON with them, thus: 'I know, but it isn't mummy's fault, it's this lady's rules'.
What monica would have said to this I never found out, cos apparantly the woman in the queue behind supermum rolled her eyes or heaved a sigh at this point, sending supermum into a tantrum of self-righteousness; 'What does this have to do with you, this is none of your business', (eye-rolling woman) 'Your children are making it everyone's business; and it's not her (monicas) rules, it's the library' (supermum, shouting) 'God, you're so rude, you awful awful woman' (eye-roller) 'Actually, you're the one being rude' . At this point, supermum had had enough and stormed out yelling 'come on boys, lets get out of this GOD FORSAKEN BUILDING' and as soon as she was outside the door she begins yelling and screaming at the top of her voice. Try and develop this image, if you will; a whole family crying outside a library because they didn't get their own way, it's as good a metaphor for what is wrong with the people of broomhill as I can think of. Later, she returns with some ID to get and adult card and pick up the videos her hellspawn wanted. While I was making her card out she says, conversationally 'I'm not coming back here' to which I tactfully reply 'yes you are, these videos need to be returned next week', 'I'll get someone else to do it- I can't stand the people in this library'. I didn't reply, though I agreed whole-heartedly with her, but I guess she took my silence to indicate I took offence cos she added 'not you personally, the people who come in here'. Again, couldn't agree more.
Today hasn't thrown up anyone like that, but I've been in the kids library today where it has just been bedlam; it's the summer holidays you see. Now normally I don't mind working in kids since it's pretty quiet during the day and I get to kick back and surf the net mostly, but its now 5pm and this is the first time I've had a chance to sit down and catch up on me blog.
Some days I wish a pox would besiege the crooksmoor valley and take all the Jeremys and Millicents and little Tarquins and bethanys with it. I'd laugh out loud until I soiled myself.
Aido 'Hakuna Matata' Potato
Ok, before I go any further, allow me to explain that yes, I realise I have what could well be one of the cushier jobs in the world and I have absolutely no room to talk about stress or crap working conditions..... but;
Yesterday we had this awful bloody harridan in with her two noisy assed kids. I should explain that in the library where I work the childrens library is upstairs, while the adults library is downstairs, though the childrens videos are still kept behind the adult counter. Anyways, this 'woman' comes to the counter (where I wasn't working, thankfully, I was lurking in the stacks eavesdropping) with some videos only to be told that she would need an adults library ticket to take them out on. 'But they're kids films' she cried, 'yes' said monica, 'but they still need to be issued onto an adults ticket. Mum then turns to her squawking brats and says 'Mummy's sorry but this lady says we aren't allowed these' at which both children (aged about 3 and 2) start screaming the fucking house down. Rather than just take he books and fuck off, this woman tries to REASON with them, thus: 'I know, but it isn't mummy's fault, it's this lady's rules'.
What monica would have said to this I never found out, cos apparantly the woman in the queue behind supermum rolled her eyes or heaved a sigh at this point, sending supermum into a tantrum of self-righteousness; 'What does this have to do with you, this is none of your business', (eye-rolling woman) 'Your children are making it everyone's business; and it's not her (monicas) rules, it's the library' (supermum, shouting) 'God, you're so rude, you awful awful woman' (eye-roller) 'Actually, you're the one being rude' . At this point, supermum had had enough and stormed out yelling 'come on boys, lets get out of this GOD FORSAKEN BUILDING' and as soon as she was outside the door she begins yelling and screaming at the top of her voice. Try and develop this image, if you will; a whole family crying outside a library because they didn't get their own way, it's as good a metaphor for what is wrong with the people of broomhill as I can think of. Later, she returns with some ID to get and adult card and pick up the videos her hellspawn wanted. While I was making her card out she says, conversationally 'I'm not coming back here' to which I tactfully reply 'yes you are, these videos need to be returned next week', 'I'll get someone else to do it- I can't stand the people in this library'. I didn't reply, though I agreed whole-heartedly with her, but I guess she took my silence to indicate I took offence cos she added 'not you personally, the people who come in here'. Again, couldn't agree more.
Today hasn't thrown up anyone like that, but I've been in the kids library today where it has just been bedlam; it's the summer holidays you see. Now normally I don't mind working in kids since it's pretty quiet during the day and I get to kick back and surf the net mostly, but its now 5pm and this is the first time I've had a chance to sit down and catch up on me blog.
Some days I wish a pox would besiege the crooksmoor valley and take all the Jeremys and Millicents and little Tarquins and bethanys with it. I'd laugh out loud until I soiled myself.
Aido 'Hakuna Matata' Potato
Comments:
I got something similar here once.
Theres two kids who are the bane of my workplace, they constantly try to look up porn or gore pictures as soon as we turn our backs to them. So after three minor bans we've decided to permanently ban them from the place. Fuck, we even got calls from social care workers over them asking if they were scheming school and coming in to us all day. The kids are 5 and 10.
Queue the mother of one of them. Shes known to be a major druggie, and was kicked out of Lisanelly Heights in Omagh for drug dealing and stealing shit. So we are not talking about some loving caring mother here, she probably wants them out of the house for an hour or two.
She walks in one day and says 'I hear you banned our kids from here forever'. I say yes and she instantly says 'I dont think they should be banned, they can come in later on' and walks to the door. I say to her that they've been banned three times before for the exact same thing, downloading porn (one time leaving it up on screen when they went and with a class of six year olds still in there). She leaves saying nothing.
The kids must have been around the corner outside as she comes back in two minutes later with them in tow and says 'You are lying, they never did that'.
How can you reply to that? I just told her again that they did and they did it at least three times. I said they should have been banned the first time, but we are not that harsh. She turns around and says to the kids "Well kids I guess you wont be able to play your games anymore" and on cue the 5 year old started crying. The same 5 year old that has gleefully killed a cat with his bare hands, schemes school, and is banned from every shop in town as he steals stuff every chance he gets.
She stands there letting the fuck cry staring at me as if Im going to relent. So I say 'Sorry those are the rules of this place' and I sit down at the front desk computer and ignore her. I'd say she stood there for FIVE MINUTES before screaming 'FUCK THIS PLACE' and drags the still screaming kid out.
That was about three months ago. Two months ago one of the kids got into a 4v1 fight with another kid (them 4 of course) and started shouting around the town that the other kids father abused him when the 1 kid fought the 4 of them and won. They were shouting stuff like 'Your father put his dick in me!' and shit like that. When the father heard this he went up to their house and demanded an apology or he'll call the police. The mother as usual denied everything and said shed call the police and say he was abusing them. The father said that he'd fucking kill them if sees them again. So by their own doing they are now locked up in their own house for the whole summer as they are afraid to go out.
-Gareth
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Theres two kids who are the bane of my workplace, they constantly try to look up porn or gore pictures as soon as we turn our backs to them. So after three minor bans we've decided to permanently ban them from the place. Fuck, we even got calls from social care workers over them asking if they were scheming school and coming in to us all day. The kids are 5 and 10.
Queue the mother of one of them. Shes known to be a major druggie, and was kicked out of Lisanelly Heights in Omagh for drug dealing and stealing shit. So we are not talking about some loving caring mother here, she probably wants them out of the house for an hour or two.
She walks in one day and says 'I hear you banned our kids from here forever'. I say yes and she instantly says 'I dont think they should be banned, they can come in later on' and walks to the door. I say to her that they've been banned three times before for the exact same thing, downloading porn (one time leaving it up on screen when they went and with a class of six year olds still in there). She leaves saying nothing.
The kids must have been around the corner outside as she comes back in two minutes later with them in tow and says 'You are lying, they never did that'.
How can you reply to that? I just told her again that they did and they did it at least three times. I said they should have been banned the first time, but we are not that harsh. She turns around and says to the kids "Well kids I guess you wont be able to play your games anymore" and on cue the 5 year old started crying. The same 5 year old that has gleefully killed a cat with his bare hands, schemes school, and is banned from every shop in town as he steals stuff every chance he gets.
She stands there letting the fuck cry staring at me as if Im going to relent. So I say 'Sorry those are the rules of this place' and I sit down at the front desk computer and ignore her. I'd say she stood there for FIVE MINUTES before screaming 'FUCK THIS PLACE' and drags the still screaming kid out.
That was about three months ago. Two months ago one of the kids got into a 4v1 fight with another kid (them 4 of course) and started shouting around the town that the other kids father abused him when the 1 kid fought the 4 of them and won. They were shouting stuff like 'Your father put his dick in me!' and shit like that. When the father heard this he went up to their house and demanded an apology or he'll call the police. The mother as usual denied everything and said shed call the police and say he was abusing them. The father said that he'd fucking kill them if sees them again. So by their own doing they are now locked up in their own house for the whole summer as they are afraid to go out.
-Gareth
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