[winterglen]

Like that 's anything new.

My boss was gracious enough to give me a hundredth of a chance. Then today a woman in my neighborhood came up to me and thanked me for recommending to her a book that I liked.

I have not yet gotten my Masters in Library school, and my job is to shelve books. I am not qualified to answer questions about what books a patron should read. I have gotten in trouble for this before.

But I was not at work when I told this woman about this book. I was at a neighborhood meeting, and the woman is also affiliated with libraries. I thought we were just talking about books on a casual level. I was not "trying to do reference work."

My coworker overheard. It was quiet tonight.

I don't know if I should explain to the coworker that I wasn't at work when I mentioned this book. On top of all the other **** I pulled, it sounds like another flimsy excuse for my disrespectful behavior. This incident will probably get sent to my file about how I'm such a horrible problem of an employee, and there's nothing I can do about it.

On a related note, I'm wondering if I can get away with not telling my mom when I'm fired (and I have no illusions about turning a new leaf. Sooner or later I'll slip up, and -- bam -- fired.)

Maybe if I really panic about this here, I won't get in trouble again.

[Strive4health]

This happened OUTSIDE of work. If you need to get clarification, just call up the lady or when you see her again get confirmation from her that you were only making a suggestion and she understood that. If it was understood from her, then your supervisor can contact her directly to ask. Unfortunately sometimes supervisors will find anything and everything to get rid of you.