Dilemma: Stackers (Ollie)
Can you help Ollie solve his dilemma?
Thursday 9th November
I need help! I haven’t had a crisis this bad since I shrunk my Chess Club T-shirt on Final Match day!
Ok Ollie, calm down… Breathe.
Here’s the thing. I signed up as a lunchtime library volunteer last week. (It was either that or gardening duty and I am not a “digging in the rain” kind of kid). I thought a bit of shelf dusting, some light reading would be perfect… Until I found out who is running Library Duty…
Maxwell!
Maxwell is in charge of every single library volunteer! (I’m sure Mrs Griggs meant to ask me, obviously, I guess he just got there first.). Now I have to do everything Maxwell tells me! Being ordered around by a younger, less experienced stacker is more than I can bear.
Problem is if I quit library duty it’s goodbye warm library and hello cold muddy garden.
Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can deal with Maxwell? Or should I just quit? Do you like it when your friends are in charge?
Please please leave your comments and tell me about your experiences below. I need all the help I can get!
Monday 13th November
It’s a nightmare. I can’t believe this is happening. First of all thank you to soawksdancerpottersuperfan5 and rainbowstarwberries for your genius suggestions that I talk to Maxwell and tell him that I am willing to work with him, and maybe ask Maxwell to be my assistant. Glad to know I’m not the only one this has happened to!
Anyway, just when I thought I had it under control, Maxwell volunteered me for Gardening Duty! For some reason he thought that I needed cheering up and would enjoy some fresh air. I don’t know where he gets these ideas.
To make matters worse, he’s gone and replaced me with my cousin Cassie!!!
It’s bad enough getting sent out into the cold, barren wasteland that is the school garden. But to be rejected for a younger, less experienced librarian is too much.
I have to get my job back. But how?
How can I get out of gardening duty and get back to the nice warm library?
Wednesday 15th November
SO many fantastic suggestions since my last post! Thank you all so much!
Sorry I haven’t blogged for ages. I’ve been so busy in the garden. We’ve had a wonderful turnip harvest, the tulips are in bloom and I’m loving the results of my new fertiliser.
I guess gardening duty turned out to be more fun than I thought. Who knew raking the lawn could be so satisfying? So in the end I was kind of glad Maxwell replaced me. I actually prefer the peace and quiet of the outdoors, away from the stress of working with younger kids.
Things are really starting to look up!
