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Mar. 22nd, 2014
Off the Clock
Mar. 22nd, 2014 11:57 pmI had two shameful computer moments this morning during my library volunteering shift. I haven't been sleeping properly this week and my stomach's been hurting a lot since Thursday, so I wasn't at the top of my game this morning. Still, I am embarrassed and felt the need to post and laugh at myself.
While I was picking books off the shelves for the picklist first thing this morning, I heard a high-pitched sound. I tracked it down to the last computer in a row. The screen was black and the computer was loud. I wasn't sure what I was authorized to do (which means, in my head, that I'm not authorized to do anything). So I just told my volunteer supervisor about it. The solution? Turning it off and on again.
Oops. I totally could have done that without having to bother her!
Later, I was putting the books on hold onto the hold shelves and a woman at the nearby checkout was having trouble with the printer not printing out her receipt. I checked the paper level, which was good, then sent her over to the returns desk to see if they could print her receipt out for her. My volunteer coordinator came over to check the printer. Yes, as I had seen, it had enough paper. The problem? Someone had accidentally turned off the printer! So she turned it on and out printed, like, 20 receipts for the day/yesterday.
Yeah. Checking to make sure it was on. I totally should have thought of that. I felt so stupid!
It's like the computer troubleshooting part of me just went to sleep this morning. All those times helping out with printer drivers or speaker settings on librarians' computers are completely destroyed by not making these simple fixes on my own today.
While I was picking books off the shelves for the picklist first thing this morning, I heard a high-pitched sound. I tracked it down to the last computer in a row. The screen was black and the computer was loud. I wasn't sure what I was authorized to do (which means, in my head, that I'm not authorized to do anything). So I just told my volunteer supervisor about it. The solution? Turning it off and on again.
Oops. I totally could have done that without having to bother her!
Later, I was putting the books on hold onto the hold shelves and a woman at the nearby checkout was having trouble with the printer not printing out her receipt. I checked the paper level, which was good, then sent her over to the returns desk to see if they could print her receipt out for her. My volunteer coordinator came over to check the printer. Yes, as I had seen, it had enough paper. The problem? Someone had accidentally turned off the printer! So she turned it on and out printed, like, 20 receipts for the day/yesterday.
Yeah. Checking to make sure it was on. I totally should have thought of that. I felt so stupid!
It's like the computer troubleshooting part of me just went to sleep this morning. All those times helping out with printer drivers or speaker settings on librarians' computers are completely destroyed by not making these simple fixes on my own today.
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