About three times out of every five that I get an Inter-Library Load, the clerk says Have you done this before? When I say yes, they say So you know not to take the goldenrod sleeve off the book?
Goldenrod? The only people I've ever heard use that word is librarians. I did once say What if I take it off but then put it back on before I return it? I swear the clerk considered snatching the book back..
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Be nice. As a former librarian, if you knew what they have to deal with, you would insist they get a raise.
If they hadn't just said 'so you know about...." and then act as if I'd said No, please tell me.....
What Tabor said. I have worked at my local public library. You wouldn't believe the shit we put up with. (Sometimes literally.) http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/thinktank/The-inside-poop-on-librarians-daily-adventures.html
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