I still need to get to the library and pay my rather shocking fine...:blush: I think a library might be peaceful for patrons but not so much for employees. ;)
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I still need to get to the library and pay my rather shocking fine...:blush: I think a library might be peaceful for patrons but not so much for employees. ;)
I volunteered at the library because I thought it might help me get a job there. It only took me two hours to abandon that idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by kathycf
Did they stick you on trolly duty? Or shelf tidying?? Unless they were really mean enough to stick you on a desk on your first day... :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
yeah i suppose you are right... but one thing is for sure its much quieter than a bookshop in and Airport!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
It was absoloutely mental today! everyone was flying off to wales for the Rugby or on skiing holidays. The queues were never ending. Havent seen it that busy since the august bank holiday. The shops all got hammered. well...all shops bar arrivals. nobody was really flying in!:D
There were thousands of people in the Airport and most seemed to come in to our shops for books and mags and sweets and newspapers. sold out of the sun newspaper by seven this morning. We only opened at five and the papera only arrived at 5.40am. crazy.:eek:
am so tired now though and am off to bed, even though its only 9pm. am up again at 3.30am to start work at 5am in morning. dont like sunday mornings. people go crazy over papers. start ripping the out of you hands and everything:( , Scream at you because one of the supplements is missing from the sunday times. They dont realise that we only get sent in certain amounts and that we have to supplement everything ourselves! they dont come ready made! wish they did though!:bawling:
I'v been brought to tears by customers a few times over silly things like that.
by the way, i like the new avy Nightshade!
aww Im sorry people can be so nasty like that Niamh :( it is truly unfair , but airports are such busy and stressful places that the tension really rises there for everyone....Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Yes, I am sorry too, Niamh. There are also people who (I really believe this) enjoy being rude and mean because it gives them a sense of power. But stress does tend to bring out the worst in folks too...I am never at my best under stress. :(
hmmm well if ts any concellation I love airport bookshops, :nod: I always see a book I want what did I see last time oh yes Will on the water by somebody or oter and a new transaltion of the histories course I had no room in anyof my bags and no money so I coudldnt buy them But I got my notebook out and made a list of all the books I wanted.:D:D
yes its a nice avy isnt it?
We recently got the shops done up and in most of them we no longer have chairs. Of course there was some moaning about this but i told most of the girls that its kind of a good thing because the customer is now eye to eye with you and not looking down at you which an be quite intimidating, especially when the customer is one of those people that like to be rude and aggressive. They can nolonger be dominering. Some of the staff agree with me as we havent had as many 'incidents' lately. Think it can be a psychological think in that way.
I love Aberdeen airport and Ema Nottingham Airport. They are straight forword. cant get lost in them, and all the staff are really nice too. Dublin airport is a maze, and is going to be worse as they are extending it. (not as bad as Heathrow) They are building gate D at the moment, and have plans ready for terminal 2 which will have Gate E. So Dublin Airports Gate sequence will soon go-D,A,B,C,E. Wil be confusing.:confused: If you are flying with Ryanair and you are unfortunate enough for your flight to go from A60-70, it could take you 20-25mins just to walk to the gates.:eek:
That true Nightshade you can find some books in airport that you cant find anywhere else. We would stock some books that you wouldnt get on high st's because they only ever really sold in the Airport. class them as airport editions. Its never fare when you suddenly have no more room in your bag! Everytime i go to Lincoln i buy loads of things, and then have no room left in my bag when i start seeing things that i would actually use! Cant get me out of 'The Works' shop, or the really nice antiquarian bookshop up steep hill. Got myself a suitcase for the next time i go over. I always travel light so will have to travel lighter!:D
So many new girls here! My thread isnt to bad than! Yayyy
Strong black coffee and lots of gossip please!
Dont forget the milk and suger!:D
lots of sugar!
Hi Niamh (I almost said Nymph followed by omaniac. oops. sorry)
So you used to be archeaologist? cool. Tell me about yourself cos I dont know any of the newbies-well relatively new, i havent been around for long long time. as king A-mess said, im back from the dead!
Yeah i used to be an archaeologist by alas not work did come my way and had to take the first job i could get and now i work as a superviser for a bookshop called Hughes and Hughes. Dont worry about the nymph thing. Its practically a nickname at the moment, thanks many to a misspelling of my name in a good luck card. stuck with me ever since!:lol:
I think i saw you on the site a couple of times when i first started fequenting this site but you vanished for a while.
Back for the dead eh! how does that feel? does your bones ache?:p
:wave: Ooh I've never noticed this thread before. Being a huge fan of caffeine, I figured I'd let myself in, if you don't mind!! :banana:
Niamh, that sounds like such an intersting job! You must get to see so many people come and go. And as Nightshade mentioned, those store are the best for finding books that you saw once and meant to buy, then never saw again. It's the same with drugstores.
I also understand your problems with people getting upset over little things. I work as a veterinary assisstant, and have been brought to tears when a client made it very clear that he DID NOT want his dog to be weighed.:eek2: Why ever not, I have no idea, but he was very loud about it.
*hands classic a hot mug of coffee.*
wow that must be really fasinating working in a vets clinic. you must really like animals.