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Submitted by Mirella
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Hi patrons in library where I volunteer.
I would like to draw attention to the fact that I am a volunteer and therefore when I spend my afternoon there I'm doing it for nothing. That's right, I could be sitting at home watching Days of Our Lives, but I am at the library with you. For nothing. Because I want to get some experience working with people and helping people to learn.
When I approach you on your computers and spend five seconds letting you know that if you need any help using them you are welcome to ask me, this is also something I do not have to do. Just by sitting at my table for an afternoon I am fulfilling my volunteer duties. However, I want people to know about all the services offered by the library and I want to make sure people get the most possible out of it, and this aim is one very much supported by the paid library staff.
So, what the hell is with just shrugging and saying "so?" Are you fucking kidding me? I just offered you free help. I'm not telling you that you have to get it, I'm saying that if you want help it's available. Don't fucking shrug at me. In the real world of polite people, when we are offered help that we don't need at that point in time we say "thank you" and leave it. I know it's not your fault and I know you can't know, but I have struggled for years with anxiety and am just starting to put my life back together, so the last thing I need is to feel like the positive things I'm doing are somehow wrong. Crawl back into your hole and die.
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