Library Stupidity 2

Incident #1- She, let's just call her Jane, walks up to the reference desk and asks for assistance. Jane asked where she might find a certain book, and we walked her to the proper area. The library staff then proceeds to tell her a that if ever she needs a book on that topic again, the non-fiction begins here, and the fiction begins over there (pointing), so just follow it accordingly. Jane, after thinking a moment, says "I have been coming in here for years, you mean to say that ALL of these books are in order? Wow, I did not realize that!" Actually, Jane, we just put them back wherever we find room on the shelves.... We just remember where we randomly placed every volume. Incident #2- I was working the desk the other day, when a man walks up and asks me ( in front of TONS of other patrons) if I could help him find a book on Hemorrhoids. Me: Traumatized. I think to myself, "This man has no discretion." Oh, but it didn't stop there. He proceeded to tell me that he has Hemorrhoids." By now, my face is throbbing with embarrassment. I ran to get the book, not bothering to have him come along. He calls out to me, "I need a book with LOTS of pictures, I need to know what they look like". I practically threw the book at him and ran to the back to wash my hands. The wonderful thing is he comes in the library ALL the stinking time. I get involuntary mental images every time.

Love in the time of Cholera

This is a best-loved quote, from this beautiful, beautiful book. I would recommend it again and again.

"To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell."

victim of stupidity

We, the library personnel, relish the days when crisp, intelligent people stop by to use our facilities. It is definitely a phenomenon. Rather, our days are spent fulfilling the every folly-driven fancy of the jobless, white adult male and his fellow coexisting lame brains.

Though they will probably never read this, I will still state the following things to lighten my mood:

- I will not flirt back with you, no matter what tactics you employ.
- Just so you know, I know that you are on the Illinois State Past Sexual Predators List.
-I will be busy on the nights you have tickets to go to a symphony... I do not care if they were puchased for me or not. I find it hard to believe that your mother would be joining us anyway.
- How many times have you have you moved/to and from here to marry an unsuspecting victim of Match.com?


I'm sure there will be more posts to follow on this great topic.

a cool thought

Obviously, space travel is for the super rich as of now....
But as this article points out, trans-Atlantic flights used to be $80,000 and are now a few hundred....

Maybe someday in my lifetime?

http://www.gadling.com/2006/03/30/space-tourism-to-become-affordable-by-2019

a favorite

"I love that you get cold when it is 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." -When Harry Met Sally