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It's all about priorities

Saturday, 26 July 2008 1:35 P GMT-08
Yesterday I did a summer theme for storytime and we sang a song about what you need to take camping. (We must bring the tent, we must bring the tent, etc.). Then I asked the kids what they thought we should bring. One of my little regulars who is completely adorable and loves to talk (and talk and talk) put up her hand and called out "Barbies!" So, we packed the Barbies for our trip. Smile

At least he didn't want to view it in the library

Sunday, 20 July 2008 12:42 P GMT-08

I'd been helping a very nice, polite young man with his questions about the citizenship exam. He was so polite that I was actually thinking to myself what a rarity he was. But before he left, he turned back to me and asked, in a lower but not overly embarrassed voice, if I knew where the nearest Adults Only Video store was. A bit shocked but also pretty amused, I gave it my best shot to see if I could find a listing, but when the porn adverts started popping up, I had to tell him it wasn't appropriate for me to look it up. I have to say, at least, unlike most of our porn-centric patrons, he didn't just think it was okey doke to be viewing it for free on the public terminals. That's a rarity, too.

Aloha?

Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:14 A GMT-08
We have a new janitor who isn't doing a very good job. Yesterday morning I found that a patron had left a Tupperware container full of fresh pineapple on one of the tables. Who brings pineapple to the library? I mean, it's not the weirdest food item I've seen at the branch, but if nothing else, it's pretty darn drippy and hard to eat without utensils. And how did they manage to leave it behind? If nothing else, it was quite a nice container...

Sorry for the lack of updates lately...

Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:36 A GMT-08

...it's been very busy but not a lot of weird stuff has been happening. But I'm going to be in charge while the manager's away for big chunks of the summer, so you'll be in for many tales. The weirdos always seem to know when I'm in charge.

The highlight of the last few weeks was having to call 911 for a homeless guy who claimed to be having a seizure but was, in fact, just drunk on Listerine.  The EMT's knew him by name and asked, in very kindly tones, if he wanted to go back to rehab.

Animals eat the strangest things

Sunday, 29 June 2008 4:42 P GMT-08

Well, when they're puppets being held by primary school kids, at least. This year our summer reading school visit skit involves having the kids hold animal puppets and my puppet asks them what they feed their babies. Usually we get typical stuff - bones for the dog, carrots for the rabbit, etc. But we've also had:

Cat - oranges
Mouse - apples, wires, rat food

Bunny - eggs (I get it, it's the Easter Bunny, but it was still cute) 

And we always get the interesting questions

"Is it fun working at the library?" - I thought that was actually a super question and I was able to say that yes, yes it is!
"How many books are the library?" - Dang, I actually had the stats on that last year but couldn't remember.  I just said tens of thousands.

Happily, school visits are over. Now it's just the deluge of sticker-wantin' kids for the next two months.