Okay, seriously.

Perhaps this is simply an extension of my inefficiency rant, but I honestly do not understand people.

(1) If you are going to place a phone call, be ready to listen to what the other person says. Do not call me, let me say, "Resource Center, this is Kelly, how can I help you," and then pause and say, "Hello? What is this? Is this the library? Who is this?" For the love of GOD. SERIOUSLY. Having to repeat myself is obnoxious.

(2) If you are going to call someone to ask a question, do the groundwork. Don't call someone and expect them to both do the groundwork AND find the answer for you. If you have a question about a book, please know the title of the book. THX. SRSLY.

(3) If you are going to own a laptop computer and use it for something even remotely resembling work or academic purposes, please familiarize yourself with how your computer works. Do not bring me your laptop and say, "How do I use a flash drive?" Um, hi. Welcome to grad school. SERIOUSLY.

(4) If you have waited until the last possible day to complete your research, do not get snippy with the people trying to help you complete the research. It is not their fault that you have procrastinated. These people are procrastinators themselves, but they know better than to blame other people for their lack of ability to get something done early. So be nice to them if they are trying to help you. THX. SRSLY.

Ugh. It's just been one of those days. Usually I have these days on Saturdays (which seems like the day of the week that all of the crazies come to the library), but I guess it's Monday this week.

Speaking of UGH, I really wish my mother would learn that she can either try to run things AND HELP them try to run, or if she doesn't want any part in doing any of the work, she therefore gives up the right to try to run it. KTHXBAI. Wow, will I be glad when September is here. Anyone want to help move an antique bedroom set and a couch in a couple weeks? Yeah, didn't think so.

All that aside, I've really gotten into the show Mad Men on AMC. It doesn't seem like something that would normally appeal to me, but I just love it. I've gone through 9 episodes in 2 days and need to finish the next 6 episodes before Saturday (when they disappear from On Demand). I don't necessarily think it's the storyline that appeals to me (a bunch of people who work in advertising), but just the early 1960's setting. No, it's not just their mentions of the Kennedy campaign (though that's certainly a perk), but they really did a pretty good job at capturing that whole era. At any rate, I'm now completely absorbed and would like to go home and watch more, please.

So, that about sums up my weekend. The funeral home was slowwwwww on Sunday. I was so bored that I started cleaning chair railing. Funny story there, though--I was cleaning part of a visitation room, and I left the door open and light on while I went to the back to get more paper towels. When I got back to the visitation room, the door was closed and the lights were out. I opened the door, turned on the light, and there was a man in his casket. This man was not there when I left the room 5 minutes earlier. This was startling, but funny, and I said hello to him and continued cleaning. Unfortunately, he was blocking a section of railing that had yet to be cleaned, but I suppose he can be forgiven. It wasn't his fault--I'm sure if he'd had a say in it, he'd have let me clean that wall before taking up the space.

Ahh, my life.