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By: Mike Goad

Mike Goad — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:13:55 +0000

What a bunch of nonsense! I guess I’m in your father’s generation — since my daughter Melanie was born February 23, 1973 — and those stereotypical views were the norm back then. Librarians ARE important! So what if more women do the job than men. It’s still a REAL job. Good grief!

By: Art

Art — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:33:10 +0000

sheesh.. well, as you say, if he has needed your help 20 times and doesn’t think you have a “real” job, I guess he doesn’t have “real” needs. Ignore the jerk.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:32:30 +0000

I’m late to the comments as usual.

What. The fuck. Was he on.

Goddammit, this city is a lie.

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By: Ned

Ned — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:58:12 +0000

Even in a job that entails helping anyone, there’s still no helping some people. Sucky paradox! My sympathies.

FWIW, my first guess would be that because he intuits (on some level) that his enquiries aren’t making a difference to anyone’s quality of life, he doesn’t feel respect for you doing your job by helping his (pointless?) enquiries.

Then again, each of the unhelpable ones is unhelpable in his own way, so who knows? Sigh.

By: Jason W.

Jason W. — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:51:26 +0000

Wow that is disturbing. Everyone should do what makes them happy, not what other people feel they should do. Too many people in the world feel the need to break everyone else down, instead of building people up.

My mom is a librarian as well.. and she gets the same level of respect at times. It seems alot of people don’t see the value of books in the digital age.

By: sue

sue — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:49:28 +0000

omg
what a complete and total arse
and becuase you are awesome and lovely and care about your job and deliver great customer service he just assumes you are mindless. So mindless that you can do things he can’t

oh grrr

By: fivecats

fivecats — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:51:11 +0000

i never had the same in-my-face confrontation while being an elementary school librarian, but the question loomed just beyond the surface. after all, what was i, a man, doing working in a double-woman’s job? didn’t i have a family to raise and support? wasn’t i supposed to be making a genuine contribution to society to validate my manhood and very existence?

the important thing is that you know what you do is important. you know what you do makes a difference, that it helps better the lives of those people you interact with and, through them, helps to improve your community and the world.

’tis a pity you’ll also have to educate some of those whom you help to that fact as well.

peace & strength,

…

By: thedonofpages

thedonofpages — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:10:55 +0000

Yes, he was wrong. Fortunately, it isn’t your problem to make him right, so sit back and enjoy the entertainment. The “isn’t making a difference” part must mean when you are helping him. You know you are doing the job correctly, so his opinion about this is worthless.

By: Jef Poskanzer

Jef Poskanzer — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:05:43 +0000

Well, this is why you have us – you can vent about the idiots and not lose your job.