Office phone: *bleepybleepy*
Me: Joytown Public Library this is Stray how can I help you?
Caller: Who is this?
Me: *a little louder* Stray.
Caller: Is this Earl's Body Shop?
Me: No, this is Joytown Public Library
Caller: Oh! I'm sorry.
Showing posts with label silly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silly. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Shocking!
We are open until 8 Monday through Thursday, and until 5 Friday and Saturday. Every week. And yet every Friday, some asshat is shocked - SHOCKED, I tell you! - when we make the closing announcement at 4:30. Sorry, asshats, we want to go home.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Twitter and Saturday
I hope you like the Twitter updates. I always mostly forget what I was going to post by the time I get home. Or I get lazy and fall asleep.
I had a kind of cute interaction today with this kid today. He was maybe... I dunno, 12 or so? One of our children's assistants left for library school, and another had surgery this past week, so the children's department was unstaffed today. Anyway, this young man comes to the reference desk.
Boy: Do you have any Naruto books?
Me: *Checks catalog* Well... we don't have any here, but some of our other branches have them. I can have some brought over for you. Which one were you looking for?
Boy: Number 18!
Me: *gets his library card and starts placing hold*
Boy: I read 16 already.
Me: ... Have you read 17?
Boy: *thinks for a second, then grins* Um... No!
Me: We should get you that one, too, huh?
Boy: Yes!
I had a kind of cute interaction today with this kid today. He was maybe... I dunno, 12 or so? One of our children's assistants left for library school, and another had surgery this past week, so the children's department was unstaffed today. Anyway, this young man comes to the reference desk.
Boy: Do you have any Naruto books?
Me: *Checks catalog* Well... we don't have any here, but some of our other branches have them. I can have some brought over for you. Which one were you looking for?
Boy: Number 18!
Me: *gets his library card and starts placing hold*
Boy: I read 16 already.
Me: ... Have you read 17?
Boy: *thinks for a second, then grins* Um... No!
Me: We should get you that one, too, huh?
Boy: Yes!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
How do I
Lady: I need to look up some stuff on the computer.
*We both glance at the sign that says COMPUTER SIGN-IN AT CHECKOUT DESK*
Me: You can do that at the checkout desk.
Lady: How do I do that?
(Turn 180 degrees, put one foot in front of the other, and walk to the checkout desk!)
Me: Just show them your library card, and they'll give you a computer pass.
Lady: Cool! *walks to circ desk*
*We both glance at the sign that says COMPUTER SIGN-IN AT CHECKOUT DESK*
Me: You can do that at the checkout desk.
Lady: How do I do that?
(Turn 180 degrees, put one foot in front of the other, and walk to the checkout desk!)
Me: Just show them your library card, and they'll give you a computer pass.
Lady: Cool! *walks to circ desk*
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Random weirdness
Today was a weird day for people, for some reason.
A lady came over to the desk to thank me for helping her with her paper. I didn't remember her, but I remembered the subject, and how hard I had to look to find something for her. She said she got a 96 percent on her paper! Go me!
We, like every other library on earth, have a limited number of Internet computers, which means that sometimes people have to wait. What kills me -- KILLS me -- are the people who stand around staring longingly at the computers while surrounded by thousands of books on every subject. Grab one and sit down!
So I saw a lady doing this, standing and staring, for quite a while. I assumed that she had signed in and was waiting for a computer to open up. So I worked and sort of watched her for a while, wondering if she was going to go read something or just stand there, and I notice an open computer. Then I see a kid go up to the circ desk and get a pass. He sits at an empty station and starts typing away. The lady sees him, too... THEN goes to the desk to ask for a pass. Why not just ask in the first place?
A kid about 11 years old asks me for books on how to speak Russian. I looked some up, but alas, they were all checked out. He didn't want to place a hold. However, he asked me if there were any books on how to speak Canadian!
I explained that Canadians speak English, but a lot of them also speak French. Did he want a book about French? He did! We did have books on learning French. We found three for him to take home.
A lady came over to the desk to thank me for helping her with her paper. I didn't remember her, but I remembered the subject, and how hard I had to look to find something for her. She said she got a 96 percent on her paper! Go me!
We, like every other library on earth, have a limited number of Internet computers, which means that sometimes people have to wait. What kills me -- KILLS me -- are the people who stand around staring longingly at the computers while surrounded by thousands of books on every subject. Grab one and sit down!
So I saw a lady doing this, standing and staring, for quite a while. I assumed that she had signed in and was waiting for a computer to open up. So I worked and sort of watched her for a while, wondering if she was going to go read something or just stand there, and I notice an open computer. Then I see a kid go up to the circ desk and get a pass. He sits at an empty station and starts typing away. The lady sees him, too... THEN goes to the desk to ask for a pass. Why not just ask in the first place?
A kid about 11 years old asks me for books on how to speak Russian. I looked some up, but alas, they were all checked out. He didn't want to place a hold. However, he asked me if there were any books on how to speak Canadian!
I explained that Canadians speak English, but a lot of them also speak French. Did he want a book about French? He did! We did have books on learning French. We found three for him to take home.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Assassination
An attempt has been made on my life. Our administrative assistant just delivered to me a leaking canister of screen-cleaning wipes. I coughed for five minutes, but I am now fine. Please do not alert the media.
The library is not a safe place to work!
In other news, it's National Library Week. Don't forget to shower your favorite librarian with love, affection, and expensive gifts!
The library is not a safe place to work!
In other news, it's National Library Week. Don't forget to shower your favorite librarian with love, affection, and expensive gifts!
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