job hazards, and other stories

[faeriemaiden]

I have been telling myself, very firmly and resolutely, to list the things I don't like about my job, lest I get too carried away with enjoying it, and... unspecified bad things happen. Not dwell on them, mind, just -- keep them in mind. To help me along, as it were, today I was introduced to the saddest task I have ever been asked to complete thus

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[cherise]

Jo, this layout is the prettiest! I have to admit that your other one was starting to feel cluttered, though I did like the tag cloud on the side, it's very useful for looking at trends. The header was so pretty I didn't scroll down for a bit. :)

It's tragic that you had to do that! I would probably be committing a small felony but I would save a couple copies ... honestly, they can't sell them to small bookstores or something? Aw. That's great that you're working more too! It's not fun to have a job you can't work at.

I feel smushy and blank, as well. This song I'm listening to right now, Oren Lavie's "Her Morning Elegance" is very telling, with "she fights for her life" etc. blargh. Spring needs to come.

[faeriemaiden]

It was beginning to feel cluttered to me, too, but I didn't have any fresh exciting ideas for a renovation, either, so when Alyssa posted this I fell in love and had to have it. I haven't used someone else's layout in... quite some time.

If I run into a book that I want to own, I will rescue it. ...Probably with money, but still. I don't think anyone would object to me buying it instead of throwing it away, as they get money out of the deal & things. ^-^

Spring needs to come oh yes yes yes. I am getting very restless. But today it was sunny and warm and sometimes if one is very quiet one can hear birds chirping, so I am optimistic!

[lady_moriel]

Very pretty! I feel kind of bad that I've never used a customized layout, just picked ones I like from various LJ layouts, but...I am lazy, so.

They couldn't...donate the books to charity or something? Or at least have a recycling center take the paper? Really, that's...yeah. I cannot abide waste, especially when it's something that doesn't have to be wasted. I am also kind of into recycling in general, 'cause...we've only got one planet and I'd like to not screw it up much more badly than we already have, which makes me a little unusual among conservatives, I suppose, but we are supposed to be stewards and stuff. Anyway. Yeah. That is bad. It seems worse because it's books--I can't help thinking of all the authors represented by remaindered books, and how likely it is that if I ever get published, mine will also end up as mass-market paperbacks unsold and eventually destroyed, which is...emo and pessimistic but not statistically unlikely

[faeriemaiden]

Speaking of layouts and lazy and youuuu... your layout is Christmastastic. And also, it is February. Chaaaange it. ;)

I think I'll ask next time, to see if the company recycles the stripped books, because at least then I'll feel better about it. And at least I spent the evening going through the mystery & thriller section, so mostly what I was destroying were rubbish outdated pulp thrillers and silly mystery novels.

I can't help thinking of all the authors represented by remaindered books, and how likely it is that if I ever get published, mine will also end up as mass-market paperbacks unsold and eventually destroyed, which is...emo and pessimistic but not statistically unlikely.

YES EXACTLY ME TOO. Every time I destroyed a book, I would note the author's name, not exactly intentionally, but... I felt so badly for them, even though some of them were writing the most awful stuff with lots of sensationalism and violence and sex and very few semi-colons. Someone worked on that and loved it and made it and probably went excitedly to

[faeriemaiden]

Oh, wait, you did change your layout, to one I like muchly. *headdesk* Observance fail. :/

[lady_moriel]

I think I changed it just yesterday. >_< But it's still a pre-set or whatever, so...yeah.

You know what's really fun? Volunteering at an electronics recycling event. I've only done this once but I'd love to do it again, because basically I got to spend hours dumping computers in bins and cutting cords and breaking monitors and printers. It was awesome.

[bornofstars]

I feel sort of crazy, but this makes me more than a little angry and...some other emotion. I don't know. It just disturbs me. Why oh why must they destroy the books?!

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

...because ripping off the covers is practically like burning books. My logic is impeccable, I don't know what you mean.

[midenianscholar]

When my mom worked in Sears as a young adult, she had to rip the books apart too. She got around it sometimes by sneaking them into the employee's lounge room and putting them on the table. Don't know if you have an employee's lounge room, but... the bathroom would work. ^_^

*bows* I was just going to comment on your lovely layout. ;)