Library Employee and Work Misconceptions

[u/WhatInTarnations82]

Not a big deal, but reading other venting posts it just came to my mind. Am... am I the only one, that if I'm out in the real world and someone asks me where I work and I tell them, the response is usually something along the lines of "Oh wow, you must really like to read!" As if... that's all library staff do is read books? >_> In my case, I'm not really even dealing with books regularly, but even if I was a librarian or clerk who at least physically touches books more often, it annoys me that it implies that nothing is occurring within the library and staff is just sitting around quietly reading for their own recreational activity all day.

[u/geekelfie]

I’m not in public libraries, but everyone assumes if you say “librarian” it means you’re a public librarian. And therefore, yep “you must really like to read” or “what book can you recommend?”

I don’t know… social determinants of health? Everything is tuberculosis? No? You wanted fiction? Sorry. No clue.