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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 1166 Views
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Well, but... - 22/09/2010 08:42:22 PM 1218 Views
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you may not BE a receptionist... - 22/09/2010 09:20:09 PM 1227 Views
"And your name, so I can tell (the person you asked for)?" *NM* - 23/09/2010 12:34:18 AM 538 Views
Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 08:33:24 PM 1199 Views
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Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 08:55:34 PM 1376 Views
Well, the whole asking permission bit is part of being polite. *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:05:43 PM 512 Views
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Not so good for the phone answering, then. *NM* - 22/09/2010 11:29:34 PM 537 Views
Hmm... - 22/09/2010 08:59:23 PM 1228 Views
It's "who" *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:50:15 PM 533 Views
Quite true - 22/09/2010 10:07:46 PM 1192 Views
I say, "May I ask who's calling?" - 22/09/2010 09:00:10 PM 1157 Views
What do you do if they say "No" ? - 22/09/2010 09:43:42 PM 1116 Views
Than you say. ''Ok." They may have a reason for not disclosing their name. - 22/09/2010 09:49:56 PM 1132 Views
That reason is often that they are nutters. - 22/09/2010 10:29:19 PM 1226 Views
I hate it when people pull the "attorney-client privilege" thing. - 22/09/2010 11:31:01 PM 1036 Views
They are almost invariably nutters. - 23/09/2010 01:45:41 PM 1511 Views
Tools! - 22/09/2010 10:13:32 PM 1117 Views
I usually ask: "Who am I speaking with, again?" - 22/09/2010 09:12:29 PM 1210 Views
I'm of the opinion that when you are at work, you represent your employer - 22/09/2010 09:14:58 PM 1356 Views
^ this. *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:23:00 PM 511 Views
+1 *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:10:59 PM 606 Views
I typically say something along the lines of "And who am I speaking to?" - 22/09/2010 09:27:05 PM 1282 Views
Re: I typically say something along the lines of "And who am I speaking to?" - 22/09/2010 09:40:10 PM 1288 Views
well, i can sympathize with that a bit at least - 22/09/2010 10:00:34 PM 1433 Views
"Who should I say is calling?" *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:41:57 PM 527 Views
This. It's polite, and asks the question correctly. - 23/09/2010 02:05:01 AM 1094 Views
I usually say "Who may I say is calling?" but that works too... - 23/09/2010 01:59:03 PM 1496 Views
language games..... - 22/09/2010 09:42:35 PM 1151 Views
There would be apoplectic outcries if I answered the phone in such a way - 22/09/2010 09:45:56 PM 1331 Views
yeah.... i'm happy i get to be informal! - 23/09/2010 02:58:31 AM 1193 Views
Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:45:05 PM 1206 Views
Re: Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:48:58 PM 1371 Views
Re: Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:54:13 PM 1166 Views
it is not US standards. *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:03:47 PM 551 Views
good. *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:13:22 PM 595 Views
I generally don't because - 22/09/2010 10:43:38 PM 1076 Views
well fair enough... - 23/09/2010 08:07:08 AM 1153 Views
it doesn't matter if you HAVE to know their name. - 22/09/2010 10:07:18 PM 1229 Views
You are being silly and immature. - 22/09/2010 09:49:20 PM 1035 Views
Thanks for your input? - 22/09/2010 10:17:21 PM 1302 Views
I usually say, "B*tch, who you be!?" - 22/09/2010 10:13:57 PM 1140 Views
Do you pronounce that with a click sound? - 22/09/2010 10:15:29 PM 1186 Views
Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 10:29:33 PM 983 Views
Perfect. *NM* - 23/09/2010 12:47:14 AM 592 Views
No you are *NM* - 23/09/2010 11:53:07 AM 589 Views
Who is this? always comes across as rude. *NM* - 22/09/2010 11:17:31 PM 523 Views
"Who may I say is calling, please?" is short and polite. - 23/09/2010 01:13:43 AM 1142 Views
when someone asks me "may I ask who's calling?"... - 23/09/2010 03:29:30 AM 1111 Views
that's because you're a tool - 23/09/2010 03:39:08 AM 1422 Views
because it amuses me *NM* - 23/09/2010 03:41:18 AM 536 Views
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