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[hyarrostar]

Got up at 7:45 and was basically useless until 10, then I hit the wall at about 3:30, but I recovered in the evening. Shooting for sleep by 1am.

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[dissembler]

yeah, I absolutely know what you are saying about creepy people (it is the same as weird, sad, whatever). I always feel like they have a story. Which is why I was only mildly freaked out by this guy the other few times I talked to him even though he made me very very uncomfortable, in fact more uncomfortable than anyone else I've ever talked to in my life. The first thought I had about him was "God, he feels like a really repressed Christian who needs to let some shit out". Scarily though, I also felt like he was so repressed that he might kill someone. Those were my feelings about him--I actually consciously thought that. But yeah, there was a part of me that felt really bad for him at the same time. [One of the times, a few months ago, I actually tried talking to him--because I thought maybe he was lonely. We talked a bit about eastern philosophy and some other things--it was weird, and I felt the creepy feeling, but I tolerated it.] Last night, I told Alycia that I was just going to try to talk to the guy about what he was doing. If he came and talked to me, I would tell him--"you know, you are making me feel really uncomfortable." and just see what happened. The thing was this time--when Alycia was actually freaked out and mad at him--it really changed how I felt about him. Additionally, when he never came back to the desk and it seemed like he was getting off about us being afraid--that made me feel really icky. ...and since I am not very judgemental that way, if someone creeps me out I tend to want to trust it.
I love that I contradicted myself a few times in this post--it actually shows how I feel about this issue. confused.

[hyarrostar]

I'm in 571 right now and Mark Wendt is talking about his experiences as a public reference librarian. One thing he has been talking about is knowing what your job is. Your job as a person might be to help people feel allright, but that's not your job as a circ/info/reference desk staffer.

But yeah, if you feel icky, scared or whatever, definitely take appropriate precautions. Sad as it is, in everyday situations we have to be a little bit judgmental and err on the side of caution.