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A scene found on top of my filing cabinet at work.

Two quick observations on the subject of my job.

I’m a Librarian in a public library. My parents are both Librarians, too, by the way. My sister is a scientist, though. She escaped. (My brother has been a library assistant, so I can’t quite say that he has avoided the family business.) Anyway, one of the bad things about my job is when the general public get a bit difficult to deal with. Everyone is allowed in a public library, you know. That includes cute young families, homeless gents who mutter to themselves, folks whose printer has just broken, and folks who have never used a mouse. When one of these patrons/customers/members (depending upon the current jargon in your area) gets a bit fixated on you…well, it can be a bit freaky. Especially if said person seems a bit off. Sigh.

On the other hand, there is a distinct advantage to working in the information industry when something like an election occurs. No fear of getting in trouble for keeping abreast of events. In fact, you are doing your job if you know what the current standings are. How about that? I’m certainly going to be keeping a close eye on events tomorrow. I’m tired of waiting to find out if I have to make long range plans to move to Scotland. I voted absentee a couple of weeks ago, you see. But there is a polling place at my library. It should be quite insane there tomorrow.