Officialdom is Official

[darkelf105]

Guys, one the most satisfying aspects of my job is getting to use the Stamps. I have several, of different shapes, that say differen things and three colors of ink. I love using the Stamps. I love busting out the red ink and the "discarded" stamp. The other day, I even found a stamp to mark things "obsolete". Needless to say, I promptly ordered purple ink to use with it and now when I throw stuff away, I stamp it. I am fond of the horseshoe shaped stamp that proudly proclaims that the CD or DVD in question does, indeed, belong to SoLo Library. Stamping things officially is just so pleasing. It fills me with contentment. Stamping Things in an Offical Capacity With Authority was what I yearned to be able to do, from the moment I saw the librarian in my school library stamp my little ticket with the date due to the moment when I was first hired as a shelver. I had to wait awhile because at the building I first worked, shelvers didn't Stamp Things. But, now that I am no longer a shelver and am treading in the waters of pseudo-librariandom, I get to stamp things. It isn't often, as computers and the chattering minions, printers, made the "Date Due Stamp" as well as the awesome "Date Due Stamp" gun largely obsolete. But one of my duties is marking things when they are discarded and another is processing new items and donations. These activities require Official Stamping.

So let us take a moment and contemplate the beauty and the authority that an Official Stamp can invoke. Do no judge me. I know this activity seems to be a waste of time, but once one has discovered such as stamp as "obsolete" one is beholden to use it, even if the items in question are going straight to the trash. It is Official and it must be done.