The Clerk Manifesto

When I am at my job at the library and my thoughts don't turn to how my managers have wronged me, they frequently turn to lunch...

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The quiet library, especially when it comes to one with the heavy traffic and the large, modern, open plan of the one I work in, is...

There are two major sources for bitterness in the workplace. Yesterday we discussed the one that I consider to be important and j...

There are two major sources for bitterness in the workplace. Today we are going to talk about the one of them I feel to be fundam...

Here's how it works: You inherit a factory. Over the decades it produces a mildly toxic sludge in a small lake that is part o...

I have been looking through the donations we get at the library since I first started here. They're endlessly fascinating. But m...

"Good afternoon. It's a beautiful day here at the library and I will do whatever I can to help you. Just say the word....

I have been up for a chat about politics for about 35 years now. Unfortunately I can get a bit bombastic and lecturey when I actuall...

Not assuming the worst is not the same as assuming the best. I could not sustain my spirit in the face of the disappointments I wou...

Ice cubes are one of the handiest items a person can keep in their freezer. Since the invention of... Hey! Wait! Where are you goin...

I skipped a shower this morning to get out of the house on time- just as the snow stopped falling. I was greeted by particularly fres...

I was glad that some of the people I work with went out into the women's marches across the country. One retired person, who st...

Here are two true life comedy shorts from the front desk of my library. Why two? Well, partly because they're so short, and also...

A new Fed Ex man comes to one of my colleagues at the front service desk of the library. He sets down three large boxes. He then ta...

If I were the editor of the newspaper's weather page things would be different, very different indeed. First of all, it wouldn...