There were a number of practical, on-the-job type things that we did not learn in Library School. We did not learn how to repair staplers. We did not learn how to navigate paper jams or troubleshoot WiFi on the millions of different devices that exist. We did not learn the fine art of disentangling oneself from a patron who single-mindedly keeps telling you about their Telstra woes, even when they can see the queue of people growing behind them. And they did not tell us about the sickness. The sickness! I don't have kids. This is evidently my first problem. My immune system has not been fortified by the varied and wondrous bugs and bacteria that kiddy-winks amass in their school years, happily sharing them with their folks. My immune system has, up to this point, sailed through adulthood free of the stress of a constant barrage of public illness (even though much of my previous career was spent working with hospitals). Ahhh but this t...
The random musings of a girl who loves Librarian Life.