Patron: "Hey, where are your books at?" Me: "Are you looking for a specific title or author?" Patron: "No, just where are your books?"
The front desk of our library is situated facing our non-fiction and DVD sections, so when patrons come in, their backs are toward those sections. In most instances, though, when you walk through the front doors you’ll immediately see that our non-fiction section wraps around to the patrons’ view. Except in this case…
Patron: “Hey, where are your books at?”
Me: “Are you looking for a specific title or author?”
Patron: “No, just where are your books?”
Me: “Umm… Behind you, sir, is our non-fiction. Fiction is upstairs.”
The patron turns around, looks shocked, and turns back to me.
Patron: “So, what is this place? Like a government base or something?”
Me: “We’ll we’re the [City] library, so yes, we are a government building.”
The patron looks confused and glances around again.
Patron: “That’s wild. So, can I have a book?”
Me: “Well, you can check out a max of twenty-five items at a time, but you’ll have to return them on the due date.”
The patron took a look around again, mumbled to himself about the government, and left.
