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Boulder library being closed so staff can eat and do yoga
Daily Camera in Boulder Colorado ^ | Urie | Heath

Posted on 12/03/2009 7:42:47 AM PST by mad puppy

Some Boulder library employees and supporters are up in arms this week about plans to shut down all four branches on Friday for a mandatory, all-staff training session that includes yoga lessons, a catered lunch and extra paid hours for some workers.

But Library Director Tony Tallent defended the get-together, saying it’s a chance for the library system’s 80 employees to bond, relax and learn.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycamera.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor; Local News
KEYWORDS: boulder; library; yogo
It is nice to know that during these trying economic times, Boulder, and the people who run it, haven't changed.
1 posted on 12/03/2009 7:42:49 AM PST by mad puppy
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To: mad puppy

Tony wants to ‘bond’?


2 posted on 12/03/2009 7:47:56 AM PST by lesko
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To: mad puppy
"...employees to bond, relax and learn."

I'm sure that there is a book they can check out for that.

3 posted on 12/03/2009 7:57:00 AM PST by Deaf Smith
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To: mad puppy

” a chance for the library system’s 80 employees to bond, relax and learn.”

Book people are just so, so stupid, sometimes.


4 posted on 12/03/2009 8:01:11 AM PST by flowerplough ( Pennsylvania today - New New Jersey meets North West Virginia.)
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To: mad puppy

Is it me or do I find most people that work at libraries - what is the word I’m looking for? - wierd.


5 posted on 12/03/2009 8:02:22 AM PST by AGreatPer (Impeach Dumbass and Lardass)
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To: mad puppy

Yoga is closely tied to religion, this should not be paid for by taxpayers.


6 posted on 12/03/2009 8:25:01 AM PST by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: AGreatPer

people that work at libraries and book stores, and people who make their money from out of books, like teachers- so often so weird.


7 posted on 12/03/2009 3:38:02 PM PST by flowerplough ( Pennsylvania today - New New Jersey meets North West Virginia.)
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To: AGreatPer

While I can’t exactly argue that point, I will say that my brother-in-law is a librarian and is a pretty cool guy. Very bright, quiet as you might expect, but with a dark sense of humor and a beast on his bike.


8 posted on 12/04/2009 8:27:38 AM PST by mad puppy (Letterman finally made me laugh....proving Sarah Palin oh so right about him.)
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