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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 928 Views
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Well, but... - 22/09/2010 08:42:22 PM 968 Views
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you may not BE a receptionist... - 22/09/2010 09:20:09 PM 993 Views
"And your name, so I can tell (the person you asked for)?" *NM* - 23/09/2010 12:34:18 AM 430 Views
Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 08:33:24 PM 956 Views
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Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 08:55:34 PM 1145 Views
Well, the whole asking permission bit is part of being polite. *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:05:43 PM 396 Views
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Not so good for the phone answering, then. *NM* - 22/09/2010 11:29:34 PM 436 Views
Hmm... - 22/09/2010 08:59:23 PM 979 Views
It's "who" *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:50:15 PM 424 Views
Quite true - 22/09/2010 10:07:46 PM 940 Views
I say, "May I ask who's calling?" - 22/09/2010 09:00:10 PM 927 Views
What do you do if they say "No" ? - 22/09/2010 09:43:42 PM 872 Views
Than you say. ''Ok." They may have a reason for not disclosing their name. - 22/09/2010 09:49:56 PM 883 Views
That reason is often that they are nutters. - 22/09/2010 10:29:19 PM 994 Views
I hate it when people pull the "attorney-client privilege" thing. - 22/09/2010 11:31:01 PM 795 Views
They are almost invariably nutters. - 23/09/2010 01:45:41 PM 1236 Views
Tools! - 22/09/2010 10:13:32 PM 858 Views
I usually ask: "Who am I speaking with, again?" - 22/09/2010 09:12:29 PM 973 Views
I'm of the opinion that when you are at work, you represent your employer - 22/09/2010 09:14:58 PM 1102 Views
^ this. *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:23:00 PM 402 Views
+1 *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:10:59 PM 487 Views
I typically say something along the lines of "And who am I speaking to?" - 22/09/2010 09:27:05 PM 999 Views
Re: I typically say something along the lines of "And who am I speaking to?" - 22/09/2010 09:40:10 PM 1026 Views
well, i can sympathize with that a bit at least - 22/09/2010 10:00:34 PM 1161 Views
"Who should I say is calling?" *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:41:57 PM 397 Views
This. It's polite, and asks the question correctly. - 23/09/2010 02:05:01 AM 838 Views
I usually say "Who may I say is calling?" but that works too... - 23/09/2010 01:59:03 PM 1250 Views
language games..... - 22/09/2010 09:42:35 PM 922 Views
There would be apoplectic outcries if I answered the phone in such a way - 22/09/2010 09:45:56 PM 1066 Views
yeah.... i'm happy i get to be informal! - 23/09/2010 02:58:31 AM 949 Views
Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:45:05 PM 946 Views
Re: Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:48:58 PM 1105 Views
Re: Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:54:13 PM 917 Views
it is not US standards. *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:03:47 PM 415 Views
good. *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:13:22 PM 486 Views
I generally don't because - 22/09/2010 10:43:38 PM 813 Views
well fair enough... - 23/09/2010 08:07:08 AM 919 Views
it doesn't matter if you HAVE to know their name. - 22/09/2010 10:07:18 PM 983 Views
You are being silly and immature. - 22/09/2010 09:49:20 PM 800 Views
Thanks for your input? - 22/09/2010 10:17:21 PM 1018 Views
I usually say, "B*tch, who you be!?" - 22/09/2010 10:13:57 PM 898 Views
Do you pronounce that with a click sound? - 22/09/2010 10:15:29 PM 929 Views
Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 10:29:33 PM 746 Views
Perfect. *NM* - 23/09/2010 12:47:14 AM 477 Views
No you are *NM* - 23/09/2010 11:53:07 AM 473 Views
Who is this? always comes across as rude. *NM* - 22/09/2010 11:17:31 PM 397 Views
"Who may I say is calling, please?" is short and polite. - 23/09/2010 01:13:43 AM 874 Views
when someone asks me "may I ask who's calling?"... - 23/09/2010 03:29:30 AM 843 Views
that's because you're a tool - 23/09/2010 03:39:08 AM 1180 Views
because it amuses me *NM* - 23/09/2010 03:41:18 AM 428 Views
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