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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 1140 Views
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Well, but... - 22/09/2010 08:42:22 PM 1191 Views
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you may not BE a receptionist... - 22/09/2010 09:20:09 PM 1210 Views
"And your name, so I can tell (the person you asked for)?" *NM* - 23/09/2010 12:34:18 AM 528 Views
Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 08:33:24 PM 1171 Views
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Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 08:55:34 PM 1356 Views
Well, the whole asking permission bit is part of being polite. *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:05:43 PM 501 Views
. - 22/09/2010 09:06:47 PM 1056 Views
Not so good for the phone answering, then. *NM* - 22/09/2010 11:29:34 PM 530 Views
Hmm... - 22/09/2010 08:59:23 PM 1208 Views
It's "who" *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:50:15 PM 523 Views
Quite true - 22/09/2010 10:07:46 PM 1165 Views
I say, "May I ask who's calling?" - 22/09/2010 09:00:10 PM 1131 Views
What do you do if they say "No" ? - 22/09/2010 09:43:42 PM 1098 Views
Than you say. ''Ok." They may have a reason for not disclosing their name. - 22/09/2010 09:49:56 PM 1114 Views
That reason is often that they are nutters. - 22/09/2010 10:29:19 PM 1207 Views
I hate it when people pull the "attorney-client privilege" thing. - 22/09/2010 11:31:01 PM 1012 Views
They are almost invariably nutters. - 23/09/2010 01:45:41 PM 1476 Views
Tools! - 22/09/2010 10:13:32 PM 1092 Views
I usually ask: "Who am I speaking with, again?" - 22/09/2010 09:12:29 PM 1183 Views
I'm of the opinion that when you are at work, you represent your employer - 22/09/2010 09:14:58 PM 1324 Views
^ this. *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:23:00 PM 501 Views
+1 *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:10:59 PM 594 Views
I typically say something along the lines of "And who am I speaking to?" - 22/09/2010 09:27:05 PM 1253 Views
Re: I typically say something along the lines of "And who am I speaking to?" - 22/09/2010 09:40:10 PM 1258 Views
well, i can sympathize with that a bit at least - 22/09/2010 10:00:34 PM 1404 Views
"Who should I say is calling?" *NM* - 22/09/2010 09:41:57 PM 517 Views
This. It's polite, and asks the question correctly. - 23/09/2010 02:05:01 AM 1072 Views
I usually say "Who may I say is calling?" but that works too... - 23/09/2010 01:59:03 PM 1467 Views
language games..... - 22/09/2010 09:42:35 PM 1127 Views
There would be apoplectic outcries if I answered the phone in such a way - 22/09/2010 09:45:56 PM 1306 Views
yeah.... i'm happy i get to be informal! - 23/09/2010 02:58:31 AM 1175 Views
Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:45:05 PM 1181 Views
Re: Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:48:58 PM 1341 Views
Re: Who is this? is unprofessional - 22/09/2010 09:54:13 PM 1150 Views
it is not US standards. *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:03:47 PM 540 Views
good. *NM* - 22/09/2010 10:13:22 PM 584 Views
I generally don't because - 22/09/2010 10:43:38 PM 1049 Views
well fair enough... - 23/09/2010 08:07:08 AM 1133 Views
it doesn't matter if you HAVE to know their name. - 22/09/2010 10:07:18 PM 1208 Views
You are being silly and immature. - 22/09/2010 09:49:20 PM 1013 Views
Thanks for your input? - 22/09/2010 10:17:21 PM 1270 Views
I usually say, "B*tch, who you be!?" - 22/09/2010 10:13:57 PM 1118 Views
Do you pronounce that with a click sound? - 22/09/2010 10:15:29 PM 1164 Views
Re: May I ask who's calling / Who is this? - 22/09/2010 10:29:33 PM 960 Views
Perfect. *NM* - 23/09/2010 12:47:14 AM 586 Views
No you are *NM* - 23/09/2010 11:53:07 AM 583 Views
Who is this? always comes across as rude. *NM* - 22/09/2010 11:17:31 PM 514 Views
"Who may I say is calling, please?" is short and polite. - 23/09/2010 01:13:43 AM 1117 Views
when someone asks me "may I ask who's calling?"... - 23/09/2010 03:29:30 AM 1087 Views
that's because you're a tool - 23/09/2010 03:39:08 AM 1396 Views
because it amuses me *NM* - 23/09/2010 03:41:18 AM 531 Views
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