Overheard at the Library

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Man approaches my desk asking if I could help him find a book.

I look up book and I am in Children’s and it shows to be in YA.

I tell him the book is upstairs to which he replies, I have already looked upstairs.  I said well it is in our YA section.

He looks at me and proceeds to say….If you find it upstairs I am going to be mad. 

Ummm…..I work in a Library.

My job is to find books.

Don’t approach my desk and then commence to tell me I will make you mad if I find a book……Welcome to the Library. 

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Some man just came out of the bathroom.  He was in there for several minutes.

As he walked past my desk, he wanted to talk about smells.  No sir…..I will not have this discussion with you.

He said it smelled like Brookshire’s in here.  I’m sure my face showed the signs of NOPE not today,  You just walked out of the MEN’S BATHROOM and you want to talk about smells?!?!?!?!?

He said like a real clean smell.  No sir…..not having this conversation.

You didn’t just walk out of the men’s bathroom after spending several minutes in there and then want to discuss your nasal senses with me.  That is just wrong!

 

The whole time, I just smiled and nodded.  Nothing more to see here…….keep on going up the stairs.

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 A man approaches my desk. He has like 2-3 kids with him.

He says that he has a lot of work to do and could I watch his children while he gets a lot of his work done.

Well 1) you are not to leave children unattended at my area 2)Yes I do work IN Children's but that doesn't mean I get to watch your kids, and 3)I am WORKING!  I am on my job. And nowhere was watching your kids while you work at the Library on that list of things I needed to do to keep my job.

Then I tell him about the Number 1 reason I can't watch his kids but nicely, and guess what.....HE GOT MAD AT ME!  AT ME!  For not watching his kids.  He then later came to apologize for his behavior, but was like I was upset with you the other day, (That's not how you start an apology, by the way) but realized that really wasn't your job.....

And it gets better.  Later he became my co-worker.  For like 6 moths.

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This week my co-worker named Myrtle (names changed to protect the innocent) decided she wanted to change LONG days, for the week. So I typically work 10-7 on Thursdays and she works 10-7 on Tuesday.  She had an appointment for her hubby so she was coming in early that morning and taking her husband to the dr.

She comes in Thursday as I am scheduled to work 8-5 and she says are you here making up hours?  I said no, I am here because you told me to because you wanted to switch days.  Oh yeah, That's right I forgot.

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Co-worker Myrtle: I wanted to call Manager to tell her I was working a different schedule today.

Me: Manager is out of the Office at a Conference in Tyler

Myrtle: Oh no I needed to remind her about my schedule, and I don't want to bother her.

Me:  Email her as that is the easiest way to not bother someone, they can read it when they want to.

Myrtle commences to get on her phone and I was thinking you are leaving here in 3 minutes, get off your phone and email manager.

Finally it dawns on me.  She is TEXTING manager.

I said oh are you texting manager?  She says YES!  I said well you didn't want to bother her which is why I said EMAIL.

She was like OH!

Started emailing her.

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 Overheard at the Library

"Mom look there is a clock on the wall. It's one time."

Sloan T

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PATRON #1

 A lady, her hubby, and kid. 
Came down steps.
She approached desk as I was asking if we could help them.
Stated she wanted to get a Library Card.
I explain to her that she had to go to the front to get LC issued.
She was like well I saw the computers so I thought you could help me
(Umm excuse me, you passed 16 computers to get to me, and you are upset I can’t issue you a Card?)(And how did you see MY computer from the front door?)
 
I swear I am writing a book
Pre-marital sex and Library Cards.

PATRON #2

I have a problem with men.  If I see one, I talk to him, talking leads to flirting, flirting leads to kissing and kissing leads to us in bed together.  So much premarital sex.

 And I haven’t seen my girls in 8 years.  I beg hubby to let me see them at birthdays, he says no.  Not even McD going to meet there and eat dinner and give them their gifts.  So one day I laid in the street and the cops were called by hubby and I spent 12 hours in lock-up.

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 Called my boss.  Told her we didn't have 3 books off the Bluebonnet list.  And I wanted to make sure they got ordered.

Missing: 1, Don Quixote, Haiku Ew! and Pedro's YoYo,  I said now there's more to it, meaning the title, each title had MORE to the title than what I listed off to her.

She calls back in 10 minutes, stated she had found 2 were on backorder and 1 she was unsure if she had ordered.  Now on this one called More to it, who was the author?  I said WHAT?  She said I am looking for the book More to it....I said no...it's not a book, I meant there was MORE TO THE TITLE than what I said over the phone.

Red Rooster

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