#ArchivesProblems

As much as I love what I do, there are a few things about my job(s) that just make me want to pull my hair out. Here are a few of them:

1. paper cuts

2. cardboard boxes

3. metal anything

4. old bindings

5. paper clips

6. staples

7. trifolds

8. so. much. dust.

9. old folders

10. binders

11. researchers who don’t show up on time

12. RUBBERBANDS

13. broken fingernails

14. ripped cuticles

15. no windows

16. sneezing

17. newspaper clippings

18. ink stained fingers

19. eraser shavings

20. no manicures ever

21. demanding researchers

22. mold

23. rust

24. broken ladders

25. misfiled records

26. the cold. it’s always REALLY cold