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well, i can sympathize with that a bit at least LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 22/09/2010 10:00:34 PM
My supervisor at work is cool, but one of the librarians is always getting my ass about something or other that's pretty damned irrelevant (she doesn't do so directly, of course. she makes my supervisor middle-man for her)

For example. I work as the "Stacks Assistant" in the veterinary medicine library (of the vet school I attend). My job is to get/put away books, as well as some odd jobs. Yesterday, I was sitting at the front desk using the computer to look up a book I was trying to find for a request. There are only two student staff computers in the staff area, one at the front desk and one near it in the print job area. The print job computer was being used, so I was using the front desk computer. Someone came up, I directed them to the front desk worker (since I'm "not allowed to answer questions", even though I can answer most of them with just my knowledge as a student 9_9) and continued my searching. Shortly before I leave, my supervisor comes up and informs me Librarian X says I should not sit at the front desk, ever. And also, I'd begun lapsing at fluffing the Sumo Bag Chairs every morning (keep in mind, I dislocated my shoulder last Saturday and am far from fully healed at this point).

Luckily, my supervisor is the one who evaluates us and he thinks she's as nitpicky-annoying as I do. So he rolled his eyes and said he understands and won't personally get on me about it.

*twitch* *twitch*
Still Empress of the Poofy Purple Pillow Pile Palace!!
Continued Love of my Aussie <3
if you don't know what a sumo bag chair is...
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I think "May I ask who's calling" is more polite. - 22/09/2010 08:26:55 PM 1282 Views
. - 22/09/2010 08:31:17 PM 1231 Views
Well, but... - 22/09/2010 08:42:22 PM 1318 Views
. - 22/09/2010 09:05:01 PM 1202 Views
you may not BE a receptionist... - 22/09/2010 09:20:09 PM 1358 Views
"And your name, so I can tell (the person you asked for)?" *NM* - 23/09/2010 12:34:18 AM 598 Views
Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 08:33:24 PM 1312 Views
. - 22/09/2010 08:38:45 PM 1164 Views
Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 08:55:34 PM 1481 Views
Well, the whole asking permission bit is part of being polite. *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:05:43 PM 568 Views
. - 22/09/2010 09:06:47 PM 1187 Views
Not so good for the phone answering, then. *NM* - 22/09/2010 11:29:34 PM 597 Views
Hmm... - 22/09/2010 08:59:23 PM 1385 Views
It's "who" *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:50:15 PM 598 Views
Quite true - 22/09/2010 10:07:46 PM 1319 Views
I say, "May I ask who's calling?" - 22/09/2010 09:00:10 PM 1265 Views
What do you do if they say "No" ? - 22/09/2010 09:43:42 PM 1232 Views
Than you say. ''Ok." They may have a reason for not disclosing their name. - 22/09/2010 09:49:56 PM 1259 Views
That reason is often that they are nutters. - 22/09/2010 10:29:19 PM 1349 Views
I hate it when people pull the "attorney-client privilege" thing. - 22/09/2010 11:31:01 PM 1150 Views
They are almost invariably nutters. - 23/09/2010 01:45:41 PM 1636 Views
Tools! - 22/09/2010 10:13:32 PM 1242 Views
I usually ask: "Who am I speaking with, again?" - 22/09/2010 09:12:29 PM 1329 Views
I'm of the opinion that when you are at work, you represent your employer - 22/09/2010 09:14:58 PM 1463 Views
^ this. *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:23:00 PM 569 Views
+1 *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:10:59 PM 685 Views
I typically say something along the lines of "And who am I speaking to?" - 22/09/2010 09:27:05 PM 1388 Views
Re: I typically say something along the lines of "And who am I speaking to?" - 22/09/2010 09:40:10 PM 1416 Views
well, i can sympathize with that a bit at least - 22/09/2010 10:00:34 PM 1581 Views
"Who should I say is calling?" *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:41:57 PM 589 Views
This. It's polite, and asks the question correctly. - 23/09/2010 02:05:01 AM 1244 Views
I usually say "Who may I say is calling?" but that works too... - 23/09/2010 01:59:03 PM 1627 Views
language games..... - 22/09/2010 09:42:35 PM 1278 Views
There would be apoplectic outcries if I answered the phone in such a way - 22/09/2010 09:45:56 PM 1445 Views
yeah.... i'm happy i get to be informal! - 23/09/2010 02:58:31 AM 1307 Views
Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:45:05 PM 1319 Views
Re: Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:48:58 PM 1491 Views
Re: Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:54:13 PM 1284 Views
it is not US standards. *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:03:47 PM 606 Views
good. *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:13:22 PM 661 Views
I generally don't because - 22/09/2010 10:43:38 PM 1196 Views
well fair enough... - 23/09/2010 08:07:08 AM 1257 Views
it doesn't matter if you HAVE to know their name. - 22/09/2010 10:07:18 PM 1339 Views
You are being silly and immature. - 22/09/2010 09:49:20 PM 1139 Views
Thanks for your input? - 22/09/2010 10:17:21 PM 1411 Views
I usually say, "B*tch, who you be!?" - 22/09/2010 10:13:57 PM 1240 Views
Do you pronounce that with a click sound? - 22/09/2010 10:15:29 PM 1310 Views
Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 10:29:33 PM 1109 Views
Perfect. *NM* - 23/09/2010 12:47:14 AM 670 Views
No you are *NM* - 23/09/2010 11:53:07 AM 661 Views
Who is this? always comes across as rude. *NM* - 22/09/2010 11:17:31 PM 583 Views
"Who may I say is calling, please?" is short and polite. - 23/09/2010 01:13:43 AM 1253 Views
when someone asks me "may I ask who's calling?"... - 23/09/2010 03:29:30 AM 1213 Views
that's because you're a tool - 23/09/2010 03:39:08 AM 1538 Views
because it amuses me *NM* - 23/09/2010 03:41:18 AM 599 Views
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