Jun 9, 2008
{ the NEW Summer Reading Club }
-ExcellentI know it’s a subject that has been ranted and raved about forever. But here I go again.... Summer Reading Club. I hate the Summer Reading Club. The patrons seem to hate Summer Reading Club. Why do we go through the same misery every year?
The agony starts with the fact that despite having sent out numerous emails in advance on exactly how to sign people up for the club, my coworkers still stare at me blankly when I explain why they can’t sign up a teen for the children’s club. Also when I explain that they need to put the entry form in the box that is labeled “entry forms go here.” Also when I say “Just send them to me, I’ll do it........”
Then there are the arguments with patrons who want to kow why the prizes are so shitty. (It is FREE. You don’t want your crappy prize, don’t sign-up.)
Then there is the problem that in order to avoid excluding anyone, the library people in charge decided a couple of years ago to open the adult (not the children or teens. They are apparently held to higher standards) READING club to also include DVDs and CDs (not books on CD. The music kind). So our new theme is “Join the Summer Reading Club and sit on your ass in front of the TV all summer long for shitty prizes that you are going to throw in the librarian's waste-can as soon as her back is turned.”
Enjoy.
Labels: bookstore, booze, DVD, movies, reading, stupidity, summer reading club
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