u/Fuzzy-Ad-7691

Don't fucking argue with me about stupid stuff like this. I've been here for years. I work with people who have been here for decades longer. We have NEVER had 24/7 operating hours.

This person was lingering while we were closing and I walked over to say "hey just a heads up, we're about to lock the doors"

She left, but as she was walking to the door she said she wished we were still 24/7.

I said we've never been 24/7.

She says "Yes you did."

I say "no ma'am, we have never had 24/7 hours"

She stops in her tracks and whips around. "Yes you DID! I used to come here!"

I don't remember what I said after that but it was probably some platitudes just to get her out.

She was either mistaken or lying; I lean towards mistaken. Which like, it's fine to make a mistake. It's the *arguing* with me that pisses me off. Even if you think I'm wrong, go figure it out someplace else. Google it or something, I don't know. Don't be an ass.

I work at a university library--things are free but my job is still customer service--and we circulate laptops. The laptops are all several years old and have some cosmetic damage, but work just fine. They're gonna be a little banged up when they get circulated among hundreds of people. But the point is that it's FREE. You get a FREE LAPTOP for a week, and you can keep coming back and checking them out! It's awesome! Support your local libraries!

Most patrons don't comment on cosmetic damage or places where we've applied electrical tape. But there's always *that person* who has to have an attitude about it.

In this case, I'm checking out a laptop to a patron. I do what I always do: take the laptop out of the bag and open it, set it on the counter, and ask her to log in to make sure everything works before leaving with it. On this laptop, the rubber lining around the screen is bowing up in a few places.

She makes a face and says, "I need another one."

I told her it doesn't impact performance and the laptop works fine.

She snaps, "NO, I want another one."

I smiled and said okay, went to the cabinet, and took my sweet time taking out each laptop bag, opening the bag, taking out the laptop, opening the laptop, inspecting the laptop to make sure it's perfect enough for Her Highness, before putting it back and pulling the next one. Next time I'm just gonna lie and say it's the only one.

Yeah, it's not that deep and I'm being petty. But fuck you, it's a free laptop that works just fine. I'm not going to waste mine and waiting patrons' time to hunt for the best laptop for you every time just because you want it.

I've encountered a few people like this, who get offended and act irritated that someone sent them an email late at night, or on the weekend, or just any time that's outside of normal business hours. Had an interaction with a coworker where this came up--she was day shift, I was night. During my late night shift, I sent her an email with a question. She replied just a few minutes later answering my question, a bit terse. I replied back thanking her, and added something to the effect of "you didn't have to reply immediately but I appreciate it."

Her next message was, "Then why did you send it?"

I was like ?????? So you'll see it when you get back to work?????? Why tf you getting mad at ME because YOU CHOSE to open the email and write a reply.

I've heard other people in passing make similar complaints. "So and so emailed me at 3 AM, what the hell is wrong with them" why is that an affront????? "Blah blah emailed me on a SATURDAY 😠" okay??? Reply on Monday. Nobody is holding a gun to your head.

I just really don't understand the upset about this sort of thing. It's an email. MAIL. It sits there until you're ready to read it. Who cares WHEN it was sent. Turn off your notifications. Otherwise, you're choosing to upset yourself.

Edit: "be considerate of other people and schedule send your emails" okay, if I have to, then so does EVERYONE, right? Cause it's considerate.

I work at night, and I get emails from hundreds of people across multiple locations. Every single one of those people should take time out of their day to pause, look up my name in the directory, track down my supervisor, call (hopefully they pick up) and ask for my work schedule so that they can make sure they send it at the right time. Y'know, because potentially sending me a push notification while I'm not working is more important than their own tasks.

Neat!