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@librarian-confessions
Me: hi, I'm calling to remind you about an overdue book called [title] Patron: I don't have that book, my own library never gave me that book, I only have [other title] Me: *looks at patron's record. She has 6 books checked out* yeah okay Hundred bucks says you have that book.
Some patron came in asking for help adding this book to her flash drive. It took every ounce of willpower to remain neutral and not just walk away. WHY ARE PEOPLE LIKE THIS? I AM A QUEER PERSON. DO YOU NOT REALIZE A QUEER LIBRARIAN IS HELPING YOU? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU. WHY DO YOU NOT REALIZE WE ARE EVERYWHERE?
And you know what else? I'm leaving in July. If she asks for help with it again, I might just tell her no. If she asks for help again, with anything, I might tell her no.
Terrible people hide behind a nice disguise.
So, I really hate it when people come in to the library to check on something they have ordered. That’s a conversation that, to me, never goes well, and comes down to the person just needing to be more patient.
Usually the person asking wants me to say when their requested book/movie/whatever is...
I'm going through the overdue list, and this one patron owes $532.97 in fines. She owed a lot before she even requested our book. The library this patron goes to lets other patrons get away with other serious issues too. Do any of you have "that library" in your system that you just don't trust anymore? Do you ever see a patron on your ILL lists that has been a continuous problem and hesitate to send that patron your library's materials? Because I sure do.
oh ms. d....
ms. d is one of our most notorious off patrons but in a good way. well today she thought it was a good idea to come to the library and use the computers, i let her use them without getting up because im lazy. the lady next to her at the computers was giving me this stare and im like wtf is wrong with you and just ignored her. three hours later i found out that ms. d sneaked in a litter of puppies. like what the literal fuck ms. d.
I get you. I've had people sneak in cats.
"Libraries are more than just stores of books and knowledge. They are the cornerstone of neighborhoods and communities. They are the public square, and we need them in this capacity now more than ever."
Tanner Colby Quote
- From the United for Libraries quotes database.
(via alaskanlibrarian)
**facepalm**
Customer: [looking at new release list] I didn't like the last Wally Lamb book. "We Are Water"? What the heck is that even about?
Me: Let me check the catalog for a description. [reads from item record] Anna Oh, a middle-age wife, mother and artist, divorces her husband after 27 years of marriage to marry Viveca, the Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her professional success.
Customer: Viveca? Isn't that a woman's name?
Me: [sees same-sex marriage as subject heading] Yes, yes it is.
Customer: I don't want to read about lesbos!
Librarians’ law of the Internet: any article that says a library/being a librarian is obsolete is proof in itself that the profession is still needed to help people research and find accurate information.
I’m just gonna leave this here. (via thedanaash)
I liked Millenium so much better than Sierra.
Yesterday
Director: Tomorrow, library board members and kids who need community service are coming to stuff appeal envelopes
Me: Okay, should I know where everything is so that I can find it for them?
Director: Oh, the board members will be here by 2 and they'll take care of it.
Today
Me: Oh look, it's after 2 and no board members are here and oh look, a patron is here to help!
My name is Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except I don’t like Beatrice. I just like B and that’s all.
We just got a bunch of juvenile DVDs as a donation. The plastic on one of them was ripped. It was processed anyway, without a new box. By the 2nd in command librarian here.
I give up. They need to pay me more and give me more hours.
Those patrons that tell you their life stories...
Sometimes patrons have a tendency to overshare.
Take this one patron, for instance. I won't tell you his name, of course, but because he overshares I know that his wife cheated on him with a drug dealer and left him with their kid, and that a week later he had a new girlfriend, and now, a few weeks later, she missed a period and might be pregnant.
I DID NOT WANT TO KNOW ALL THIS.
um...
To the patrons who straight up tell me they don't like black people or gay people... What the hell is wrong with you?
Your crappy book donations...
I'm not talking about all book donations, obviously. Just the ones. You know the ones. They're travel guides from the early 90s, packed in a box with health books from 1986, with dead bugs at the bottom.
I have a few questions for people who donate these.
Do you think we're going to be able to do anything with these? Do you think that anyone is going to buy them in our book sale or we're going to put them on the shelves? Are you just giving them to us because you feel guilty about throwing them out yourselves?
Also, is this the reason you leave the books in the lobby during closing hours when there is a sign right there saying NOT TO LEAVE DONATIONS IN THE LOBBY?
Let me tell you right now... I normally love book donations. I love going through them and figuring out what we can use and how. But your travel guide from 1982 and your Windows 95 how-to book aren't going into circulation or our book sale.
And for the love of god, why do you give us boxes with dead bugs in them?
Patrons that come in right when the library is closing
I have two words for you:
Stop that.
Okay, some more.
We love our library and our patrons, but we want to get home. I want to get home and read and write and play Flower Shop. I have homework to do. I don't want to sit and wait for you to pick out your five movies.
We are open at least six hours every weekday.
And I know you guys have work, too. But our other hours are diverse, and you can read about them on the sign outside. You can find a time that's right for you, I'm fairly certain. And if not, there are other libraries with other hours within twenty minutes from here.
So... stop that.
