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"how was work?" "oh not too bad, pretty quiet, found a crystal skull in the parking lot*.." *we are a rather rural branch that's currently closed to patrons until next week...so... #librarythings #library #librarian #librariesofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #cursedobjects https://www.instagram.com/p/CFS1rKrn0br/?igshid=bwdjuwvecabw
When you have a thousand dried up pens but put on a brave face to give the patron the best one
A Picture
Sometimes at close the men's bathroom gets messy. Facts of life; who am I to judge? Anyway, last week I went in, and not only had the urinal not flushed but the area around it was a biohazard zone of...well, what goes into a urinal. Now, we have automatic toilets, and the sensors are a bit tempermental. You usually have to hold a hand close in front of them for a few seconds to get them to work. Because of what I'll politely term "the splash zone," there was no way I could get close enough to trigger the sensor. Luckily, my coworkers like to think outside of the box. And that's how, at 8 pm, I found myself with plastic bags taped to my shoes, balancing on one foot in a figure skating pose, and waving a shovel frantically at a urinal.
Are you really a librarian if you've never been shushed by a patron?
A not-so-Secret
If I'm not wearing my library polo, I'm in dress pants and a tee shirt that I know will encourage kids to start a conversation with me. Like my Scooby-Doo shirt? We have his chapter books! NASA tee catch your eye? Here are the space books! So far it's worked really well. I have: Marvel • Spiderman • Wonder Woman • Captain America • Scooby Doo • NASA • and a dinosaur.
When someone asks for "the one with glasses" and 3/4 of the staff appears at the front like a police lineup
When the patron who calls you for computer help starts typing "http://" and you don't know if you should just let it happen or take 20 minutes longer to explain...and probably just confuse them more.
Wait, is this what quasi-security feels like? #4years #staffday #work #librarythings (at Henry County Public Library System)
