3.02.07

Category: dribblings

i sure have been reading lately. i think that working at the library is really helping, not that i get to read on the job, but that i’m constantly around books and getting to talk about books. i love books. i love my job. even the part about working with the public. on one hand, i hate the public. and on the other, nicer hand, i really like getting to meet lots of different people every day.

that’s kind of strange isn’t it? i would never think of myself as a “people person” at all. perhaps i am growing?

i remember working at the sign shop and being terrifed of everyone who walked in the door. i hated answering the phone or having to call vendors to order things. i was so shy. plus, lots of the customers were assholes and would yell at me for things i had no control over. that gets old and then you get bitter.

working at the HCH i see how i’ve learned to smile when i talk to people/strangers. i say, “hi” to everyone in my path and it’s oozed over into “real life” which is fine at the library, but i notice now that when i’m out, like at the store, and i make eye contact say, with a giant black man in full gangsta regalia i smile at him and say, “hi” as i walk past him. instead of just minding my own business.

it’s not uncool or anything. just mostly puzzling. i need to turn off my friendly work face when i’m not working. at least i haven’t turned into a Talky Talkerson yet all, “hey gangsta man, i notice you bought the frosted blueberry poptarts. if you get the kind that’s not frosted you can put a bit of butter on it when you warm it up and it’s AWESOME! see ya.”

book title of the day:
You May Now Kill The Bride

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