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Saturday, May 08, 2010

Sometimes I'm glad I don't work in a public library

Reference Question of the Week - 5/2/10 (from Brian Herzog, the Swiss Army Librarian)

Herzog had heard a patron ask for a plastic bag. (To put books in, right...no.)
After the circ person handed him a bag, he opened it and put in his dirty, dripping, reeking underwear (I’m using italics instead of being as graphic as the situation warrants). He then proceeded to tell her that he had a cheeseburger earlier in the day, which upset his stomach, and he didn’t make it to our bathroom in time.

Turns out the patron then spent some time using the computers carrying the bag about the library. One does wonder if he didn't make it to the bathroom in time, did he leave any presents in the stacks.

Ugh. I feel for the folks at this library.

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