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Apr. 18th, 2012 09:31 pmToday I had the kind of day at work that made me want, desperately, to just QUIT. I honed my keen blade of hatred for both LibreOffice AND Evergreen, plus I had the supervisor bitch at me that if it was so awful for me to put away the DVDs, she would do it herself, since she didn't think I should kill myself like it sounded like I was. I told her that that was the job, it hurts, but I was scheduled for a Rover shift every day I worked, so obviously I had better be getting used to it.
For LibreOffice, I sincerely do not understand why selecting the entire document to edit, and then changing the margins for the pages of the documents, then pasting the entire document into the newly-formatted document, results in some pages of new margins, interspersed with other pages of random other margins. Or, you know, two columns, in some pages.
And for Evergreen, ohhhh. I am working very hard to learn cataloging so I can process the ILLs like I am supposed to. But tonight I managed to delete an entire file that I need to do the process- with no means for me to recover it or work around it. It's all about the permissions, you know, and I lack them for anything that would have been helpful. But I do not understand how closing a template application (since you can't work around it, and I was on phones and had to have access to the system to help a patron) would delete the entire templates file.
The last time I accidentally deleted one template from the file, the assistant director (who is the real cataloger on staff) was not happy. Really, substantially, NOT. HAPPY. I am not looking forward to finding out how unhappy she is with me now.
And then, in non-work-related angst, the get-together we were going to have in a week with the two recent retirees (since most of us didn't get a chance to chat with either of them at the retirement party) is turning into a dramatic nightmare. The children's librarian wanted to see if we could just go to the tavern on the square, they have pretty good food, and it's run by a former firefighter in town. She asked if we could have their back room, since we were turning out to be a bit of a group. They have now decided we can only do this if they keep us to a limited menu, buffet style; i.e.: catered. She's going to talk to them in person tomorrow, to see what they say in terms of monetary investment. It's just... we weren't looking for a catered party, just an informal get-together.
I hate myself more than usual over this- if I didn't have such a trash heap of a house, I could have them here (the tavern was selected partly because it's close to the library, yet easy to park near. I live a block and a half from the tavern, and it's very easy to park along the streets I live on). But there is no way I can make this place acceptable in a week. Not even if I were in perfect health.
And tomorrow is another staff meeting. Which, the boss has foolishly assured us will be partially devoted to answering our questions about Evergreen. I'm guessing he doesn't realize how awful it is for most of us.
For LibreOffice, I sincerely do not understand why selecting the entire document to edit, and then changing the margins for the pages of the documents, then pasting the entire document into the newly-formatted document, results in some pages of new margins, interspersed with other pages of random other margins. Or, you know, two columns, in some pages.
And for Evergreen, ohhhh. I am working very hard to learn cataloging so I can process the ILLs like I am supposed to. But tonight I managed to delete an entire file that I need to do the process- with no means for me to recover it or work around it. It's all about the permissions, you know, and I lack them for anything that would have been helpful. But I do not understand how closing a template application (since you can't work around it, and I was on phones and had to have access to the system to help a patron) would delete the entire templates file.
The last time I accidentally deleted one template from the file, the assistant director (who is the real cataloger on staff) was not happy. Really, substantially, NOT. HAPPY. I am not looking forward to finding out how unhappy she is with me now.
And then, in non-work-related angst, the get-together we were going to have in a week with the two recent retirees (since most of us didn't get a chance to chat with either of them at the retirement party) is turning into a dramatic nightmare. The children's librarian wanted to see if we could just go to the tavern on the square, they have pretty good food, and it's run by a former firefighter in town. She asked if we could have their back room, since we were turning out to be a bit of a group. They have now decided we can only do this if they keep us to a limited menu, buffet style; i.e.: catered. She's going to talk to them in person tomorrow, to see what they say in terms of monetary investment. It's just... we weren't looking for a catered party, just an informal get-together.
I hate myself more than usual over this- if I didn't have such a trash heap of a house, I could have them here (the tavern was selected partly because it's close to the library, yet easy to park near. I live a block and a half from the tavern, and it's very easy to park along the streets I live on). But there is no way I can make this place acceptable in a week. Not even if I were in perfect health.
And tomorrow is another staff meeting. Which, the boss has foolishly assured us will be partially devoted to answering our questions about Evergreen. I'm guessing he doesn't realize how awful it is for most of us.
