Every so often the council like to check that those of us down at the library are servicing the community. This means that the "Feedback Tablet" makes it's way around the branches. Today it was at Alt. Most patrons have seen it before, and as such ignore it. Much easier than taking a few minutes to recognise just how much work the library staff put in to running their local branch.
But, every now and then, someone actually looks at the thing while I'm putting their books through. This is probably one of the better conversation I had.
Guy looks at it, "What's this for?"
ME: "That's there to tell us all how much you love us."
Guy leans over, puts his hands on mine: "I love you."
ME: "As you should."
Now I'm sure that the little old lady who came in on the end of the conversation was very confused. The guy and I had a chuckle, I gave him his books and he went on his way. This is why I like public libraries. I don't see that happening in an academic or specialist library.
Do I stick it out with the public system and pray that a full time job will come up before I hit 40, or do I try my hand with the academics? Decisions, decisions. Either way, job hunting sucks.
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