Going back to work to find... chaos and a lost substitute...
So I did two hours at work today, just to get a feel of it. And man, oh man... I have so much annoyance. Mostly about my substitute.
I've talked to my boss about him before, and it's been clear tot he both of us that he does have mayor issues with my dear jewels aka hooligans in that school. I've learned how to deal with them, but it took time of course. I think they respect me a little, at least in the library, and do what I tell them to most of the time anyway.
But with my substitute, they don't do anything he tells them to. They just wreck havoc in the library. And tease him, being quite cruel about it. They've tried this trick on me to and it worked for a bit in the beginning, but I wasn't alone then. And once I've seen how they worked, I learned to ignore it.
My substitute can't ignore it. As it turned out, he's been bullied to in school, so he told me. And these jewels remind him of his bullies. I think that makes it impossible for him to deal, to keep order on the kids/teens in the library. So the school has had to get other staff to be there with him as soon as he has the library open, or it won't work. Chaos reigns in there otherwise. This, in turn, makes sure he can't have the library open very often. It hasn't been open very much at all.
So that's a damn shame, and really annoying. Every time I've spoken with him it's been more than clear he does not want to be there. And I think the kids have noticed.
At least that's my guess when I was there today, for only two hours. As soon as the kids/teens saw me they were all excited, telling me how much they missed me and that I HAD to come back to them! Etc, etc. A couple of the teens commented on me fact-checking Trump as well. So that was awesome. :-)
What I did notice, that was less awesome, was how my substitute withdrew from the tweens/teens. Not from the small kids, he was good with them.
And don't even let me get started on the state of the bookshelfs in the library... *face-palm*
So he has hardly had the library open at all. And it's still total chaos in the bookshelfs. All the book carriages was FILLED with books that he hadn't shelfed. So I went to it and started shelfing. Which also meant going through ALL the books in the shelfs, I soon noticed, because there was a lot of books not in the right place in the bookshelfs.
And when I pointed this out, a bit politely, he just said he didn't like shelfing, wasn't good at the alphabet and had enough keeping track of the kids/teens in the library. And when was in the information desk when the library was open, he focused on that and couldn't focus on anything else basically. Which was what he'd done when he'd been hired by the hour, only standing in the information desk and not shelf at all while doing that.
Dude. You hardly have the library open at all. So even if you focused on ONLY being in the information desk and keep cheek on the kids/teens while having the library open, you still have it closed SO MUCH, you should have PLENTY time shelfing even if you are slow, like you said yourself that you were.
Even during my first jobs I did BOTH information desk AND shelfing when I was hired by the hour or doing substitute work. FLEXIBILITY, GAWD!
I mean, I get it that doing like... four or five things at the same time like I do is not possible. Not saying that. But seriously...? The library is in chaos. The kids/teens really don't like him, and show it clearly. The teachers and the school management don't like him. He is being a headache for my boss.
It's just a bad situation all around. And these troubled kids/teens who feel like they don't deserve anything, because that's what it says in the local newspaper with regularity. Jewels/hooligans or not, they don't deserve such a bad situation.
And to top it off, when I was hugged and welcomed by a couple of the teens, they asked me if I was well enough to come back. Which I told them, I will if slowly. Immediately they turned to my substitute saying: "Bet that makes you glad, you can stop working here!" To which he responded. "Oh yes, it'll be calm and nice not being here."
What. The. Fuck? You don't say that to young teens in a school library where you fucking work??!?!?!! Especially not to these teens! GAH!!!
So fucking annoyed and pissed right now. :-/
End rant.
This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.
I've talked to my boss about him before, and it's been clear tot he both of us that he does have mayor issues with my dear jewels aka hooligans in that school. I've learned how to deal with them, but it took time of course. I think they respect me a little, at least in the library, and do what I tell them to most of the time anyway.
But with my substitute, they don't do anything he tells them to. They just wreck havoc in the library. And tease him, being quite cruel about it. They've tried this trick on me to and it worked for a bit in the beginning, but I wasn't alone then. And once I've seen how they worked, I learned to ignore it.
My substitute can't ignore it. As it turned out, he's been bullied to in school, so he told me. And these jewels remind him of his bullies. I think that makes it impossible for him to deal, to keep order on the kids/teens in the library. So the school has had to get other staff to be there with him as soon as he has the library open, or it won't work. Chaos reigns in there otherwise. This, in turn, makes sure he can't have the library open very often. It hasn't been open very much at all.
So that's a damn shame, and really annoying. Every time I've spoken with him it's been more than clear he does not want to be there. And I think the kids have noticed.
At least that's my guess when I was there today, for only two hours. As soon as the kids/teens saw me they were all excited, telling me how much they missed me and that I HAD to come back to them! Etc, etc. A couple of the teens commented on me fact-checking Trump as well. So that was awesome. :-)
What I did notice, that was less awesome, was how my substitute withdrew from the tweens/teens. Not from the small kids, he was good with them.
And don't even let me get started on the state of the bookshelfs in the library... *face-palm*
So he has hardly had the library open at all. And it's still total chaos in the bookshelfs. All the book carriages was FILLED with books that he hadn't shelfed. So I went to it and started shelfing. Which also meant going through ALL the books in the shelfs, I soon noticed, because there was a lot of books not in the right place in the bookshelfs.
And when I pointed this out, a bit politely, he just said he didn't like shelfing, wasn't good at the alphabet and had enough keeping track of the kids/teens in the library. And when was in the information desk when the library was open, he focused on that and couldn't focus on anything else basically. Which was what he'd done when he'd been hired by the hour, only standing in the information desk and not shelf at all while doing that.
Dude. You hardly have the library open at all. So even if you focused on ONLY being in the information desk and keep cheek on the kids/teens while having the library open, you still have it closed SO MUCH, you should have PLENTY time shelfing even if you are slow, like you said yourself that you were.
Even during my first jobs I did BOTH information desk AND shelfing when I was hired by the hour or doing substitute work. FLEXIBILITY, GAWD!
I mean, I get it that doing like... four or five things at the same time like I do is not possible. Not saying that. But seriously...? The library is in chaos. The kids/teens really don't like him, and show it clearly. The teachers and the school management don't like him. He is being a headache for my boss.
It's just a bad situation all around. And these troubled kids/teens who feel like they don't deserve anything, because that's what it says in the local newspaper with regularity. Jewels/hooligans or not, they don't deserve such a bad situation.
And to top it off, when I was hugged and welcomed by a couple of the teens, they asked me if I was well enough to come back. Which I told them, I will if slowly. Immediately they turned to my substitute saying: "Bet that makes you glad, you can stop working here!" To which he responded. "Oh yes, it'll be calm and nice not being here."
What. The. Fuck? You don't say that to young teens in a school library where you fucking work??!?!?!! Especially not to these teens! GAH!!!
So fucking annoyed and pissed right now. :-/
End rant.
This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.