MONDAY -- I got to the library on time and it seemed more quiet that usual for a Monday night. The regulars were not there, so I was hopeful that I would get a chance to just sit behind the desk and read my new book: Physik - Book 3 of Septimus Heap by Angie Sage. I did not get much of chance because I was asked to staple together the calendar pages we are to give out during library week next month. I put together about 150 calendars and stapled them together. After doing that, I helped a few kids with reference questions, mostly about finding California Mission books. I found out that writing a paper on California Missions is a must for every elementary school kid.
We had some discipline problems today. Some older kids in middle school were chasing each other in the stacks and Cecil yelled at them saying "OUT!" Then of course, Moses, the troublemaker, was in there too. I mentioned in a previous post that Moses is a 9th grader who has been banned from the Children's Room. He keeps coming back just to toe the line, checking to see if the other librarians will have the guts to send him out. The instructions are to call security everytime he shows his face in the library. I am a coward so I would just tell the others if I see his shadow nearing the doors. I'm afraid of the boy because he really has that bad boy look.
I thought about this and realized that it can be such a problem in a public library. What if you continually ask this person to leave and they harbor some anger for you and wait for you to beat you up as you leave the library at night. I wonder if that was ever a problem. I know for a fact that it is less likely to happen in the private setting. The worst thing that could happen that is similar would be violence in the workplace and such incidents are usually perpetrated by disgruntled employees. I do not see that happening in my place of work, unless they wrongfully discharge gun collector co-workers :o) But for me to fear 9th graders stalking me and causing me harm...is that a valid fear or am I being overly imaginative?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment