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Perhaps, putting some thought into this would lend a better clarity to the situation. So, what have I observed these past two weeks in the way of his behavior? 1. When he wished to check out books or pay for his copies he approached me at the counter. Except for the day I was shelving books and he asked MK if he could use the computer. Okay, so maybe I'm not being singled out as the object of his library services. Then again, when both MK and I were at the counter, he did walk up to me. But, that could be easily explained by the fact that MK is a gossipy flirt who likes to hold long conversations with patrons, while I'm quicker at checking out his books. 2. In spite of what MK may think about morose long-facedness, he does smile.... at me. But, I don't think it really counts if I'm smiling first. I think that makes it more of a polite reciprocal smile. Which leads to number three.... 3. If I ask him if he is having a nice day, it doesn't really count if he asks me the same in reply. Likewise, if I have to say hello first or goodbye, then he is just being polite. Of course there were those two days that he said bye and waved at me. WAVED. Literally, waved. Right hand up in the air, back and forth, waved. I was thrilled to wave back. So, does that make me the reciprocal waver? 4. He asked me to help him print out his directions. Maybe he really didn't know how to print out on the computer, many of our older patrons don't. But, come on! Am I supposed to believe that a person who can push buttons on a state of the art cell phone in order to pull up an address is in capable of knowing to click File-->Print-->OK. What if he had seen me help other people and was trying to be clever, like here's his chance to have my undivided attention by pretending to need help in printing his directions. What if he really needed help, and he asked me to help him, because I am the one at the library that helps people. 5. He overpaid not once, but twice for print outs... and a book sale book. Maybe he just doesn't like a bunch of change rattling around in his pocket. Maybe, it's just his way of contributing to the library. 6. Maybe he was just bored and truly wanted to just read some magazines. But that first day, he did come back later that afternoon after I had loudly announced to PC that I was going to lunch. 7. I did catch him looking at me when I was helping NF print out a job application. Maybe it was because NF didn't have enough money to pay for his print outs and I told him not to worry about it since it was for a potential job. Maybe I was being too loud and broke his concentration with the People magazine he was looking at. Why did I quickly look away when I caught him? I should have smiled, but then again if I had have smiled it might have looked like I was trying to do something to get his notice, but I wasn't. I was totally just trying to help NF out because he needs to get a job and I'd hate for ten cents to stand in the way of a job or not. Post a comment in response: |
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