Dieting, Leaks and Harrassment...Oh My!

So, I started Weight Watchers last week. Suck.

In other news, the library has been INSANE lately. We are getting a new director, the roof is leaking all over the place, everyone I work with is sick/hurt/pregnant and I got a patron banned from the library last week. Here's the incident report I wrote:

On the night of XXXXXXXXX, I was harassed intermittently throughout my four hour shift in the Children’s Room by Mr McCreepyPants*.

McCreepyPants walked down the hall to go to the bathroom around ten times during the night. Each time that he walked down the hall, he would look directly at me and either make a lewd gesture with his tongue or whistle at me. This happened all night long. A little before 8:00pm, McCreepyPants entered the Children’s Room and went into the Young Adult section. While in the room, he positioned himself in such a way so that he could keep an eye on me in the mirror in the corner of the room. He then moved to the “A” section of the paperbacks, which is right next to the door. Every time I looked up at him, he was looking at me. At this point, I was feeling quite uncomfortable, being all alone in the room. He left after about ten minutes, whistling once again at me as he walked away.

After he left the room, I assumed he had left the library. Around 8:15pm, I heard someone rattling the emergency exit door (the one that opens up onto the cul-de-sac, near the book drop). I quickly got up and looked out the window of the door and saw no one. A few minutes later, I specifically heard someone trying to pull the door open three times. I ran to the door and he was standing right to the side of it, smoking a cigarette. He said to me, through the glass, “Sorry, I was just leaning against it,” then he gave me what I can only describe as a very creepy smile.

This is not the first time that Mr. McCreepyPants has harassed me. He has come into the Young Adult section on previous occasions and stared at me in the same way that he did this time. I am alone in the Children’s Room during most of the shifts that I’m scheduled. He makes me very uncomfortable and I do not feel safe when he is anywhere near me.

The night that this happened, when we were closing, my coworkers informed me that McCreepyPants was up on domestic assault charges. Awesome. Just what I need! Some pissed off wife-beater gunning for me because I got him banned from the place where he checks out porn/teenage girls/unsuspecting cute librarians.

This is not the first patron who has been banned for harrassing me. What is it about me that makes crazy people want to fuck with me? I just don't get it. I'm a nice enough girl. I help people when they need it. I always have a smile on my face and a witty one liner or anecdote ready to amuse others. I don't waggle my tongue/whistle/make obscene gestures/direct lewd comments to/at patrons. Why? Why me?

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

At least it makes good blog fodder.

*name changed to protect asshole former patron.