"Enlighten the Gentiles"

Yiddish words and phrases to amuse and confuse.
The latest entry explains how your spouse's potchking around can send your travel plans to hell in a handbasket.And you'll find the archives HERE . Read and enjoy...... 

 

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The Man (of the House): The love of my life. Severely addicted to books (that take up WAYYYY too much space in our house) and raw garlic. We've been married 13 years, but involved for many more. Long story....

Our Kids:
SC:  Age 13. Book addicted like both her parents. Serious, but with a nice sense of humor. Well mannered in the eyes of the world, but at home,it can be another story(!)

JR: Age 9  I think of her as a Disney Princess's evil twin. All the eccentricity of both sides of the family wrapped up in a sweet little body and an adorable smile. People find her a darling. I do too, but I also find her exhausting!

The Beasts: Our 2 cats, both adopted from animal rescue. "Bart" is a big, solid black, total teddy bear of a cat. Our brown tabby queeen "Bella" is  in love with The Man, though she seems to like me too!

Me: Children's librarian by day, tired keeper of all of the above by night. When I think of my life, I think of Nicole Hollander (Sylvia)'s immortal line about things that are easier than combining a family and a career. Like swimming the Amazon covered in peanut butter....

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It's Okay to Yell "Fire"--Just Be Sure to Evacuate the Building....

« H E Rants: Library Work :: LibraryLady :: email
posted Wed, 09/08/04

I really goofed yesterday--someone pulled the fire alarm in the library and I didn't follow the drill as I should have. 

Staff should have evacuated the building--we did make patrons leave, though not fast enough--and we didn't leave.  That's a total no-no, and as the only department manager around when it happened, I am to blame.

I told my boss the whole story this morning and took the blame, and he was good about it--said it just proves we need to go over things with everyone. And we need to prod the circulation people who just STOOD there and didn't remind me of policy--the circ manager is planning to take care of yelling at them.

But I goofed, and I feel awful about it. I've been a supervisor for years, and usually I have acted correctly in a crisis. This time I didn't.

 The only good thing is, I don't repeat mistakes-- I do learn to do the right thing the next time! The bad thing is, I seem to have to make that mistake........................

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