May 24, 2008
{ It's not all bad. }
-ExcellentI actually got to help a patron find books today. She came over and asked me “where's that other lady?”
“You mean the children’s librarian?”
“Yeah. She usually helps me.”
“She’s not here today but maybe I can help you.”
It was amazing. She wanted books on cats. And then she wanted the entire Tokyo Mew Mew series. And then she wanted the entire Erin Hunter series. And books on drawing. And Books on fantasy art. And she was enthusiastic, and took a pile of stuff with her and reserved a bunch of stuff that we didn’t have on the shelf. All this while gushing about how much she loves our library, and how nice I was being to her, and: “I haven’t smelled a library in a really long time. I just love the smell of books. A library has a smell that no other place has.”
It almost, ALMOST, makes up for the shit I have been put through here. But I only got to help her because the Children’s librarian wasn’t here. Why can’t adult patrons be so mature and friendly?
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