All entries for Thursday 30 September 2004

Another night with no light.

So here it goes with my very first blogging adventure.

Nothing happened – the end.

..........actually tonight has raised serious issues with regards our apparent lack of crowd controlling measures. All was quiet at 9.29pm, me and Chris had settled in and were just enjoying the wares of our coffee run when suddenly and without warning, the clock struck 9.30 and all hell broke loose.

Double figure were racked up in no time with the ferocity of the ensuing stampede catching both of us totally unawares. Stations were manned with great rapidity and eagerness with reaction times worthy of Blue Watch (showing my age here).

We dont know where they'd come from but several stayed for a while and had a nosy around, a few others left and at 22.22 we now have a few on the downstairs computers, another handful upstairs with what appears to be our first learning grid resident and another chap looking through the careers information in the corner.

Other events worthy of mention are the lights which dont actually 'light', they just grow forever dimmer and lord knows if we can find the swith. I reckon its something we should sort out asap as it could deter people from making a repeat visit.

Definitely busier than last night but judging by the attendance at the main library I think its still too early to make any conclusions on usage.

Ta ra

: 30 Sep 2004 22:41 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

The noise which soundtracks an eternity in hell is that of the gate alarm…

Okay, so again largely uneventful today apart from non-stop to-ing and fro-ing for the gate due to some Careers event taking place. Things we learned on this, the 30th of September:

1) The remote control for the DVD player will not make the plasma screen work, no matter how many times you press the 'on' button. I realise that this is common sense and merely an example of my inherent ineptitude.

2) Make sure you turn the microphone off after making an announcement… that way everyone in the Grid doesn't hear your ensuing conversation over the PA. My bad there.

3) Books from the main library tend to set the sensor off on the entrance. This is a bit of a bind but thankfully I haven't run into anyone nicking our stuff yet!

4) My new favourite thing is people who swipe their wallets over the gate sensor in the hope that it'll magically open for them. Not simply opening their wallets and swiping the envelope with their card in, you understand – literally just swiping their entire wallet. Ridiculous.

5) People are hungry for printers.

"That is all", as they used to say on M*A*S*H.

Chris.

Stop press – someone just tried to exit with their Switch card. Genius!

: 30 Sep 2004 14:06 |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Wowee zowee! Today an armed man took everyone hostage!

Okay, just kidding.

So this is the blog of my first shift on Tuesday which I couldn't do until now because the server wouldn't let me log on. Generally things were pretty cushy aside from a couple of things amidst the endless traipsing back & forth to the gates (when will people LEARN?! Don't go through two at a time! Don't step up to the things as soon as the person in front has gone through! Don't – etc etc)...

1) The DVD-Rom drives were playing up on computers 30 & 31 upstairs and wouldn't open. Had a word with Dean and apparently if this happens to anyone, hold in the reboot button on the monitor and once it's finished the problem should be remedied. Gripped!

2) We need signs on the staff computers saying "Staff Only" because I'm getting kinda tired of telling people to scram when they park themselves next to me.

I think that was pretty much it, to be honest. Have to scoot for the time being as a large group's just arrived and no doubt one of them will set the gate a-bleepin'...

Chris.

: 30 Sep 2004 13:29 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem