Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Who knew?

You may or may not know that I'm a Librarian - and now that I've stated it you can't not know.  Unless you're late to the blog and never see this post.  No doubt I'll mention it again for the latecomers.

ANYHOW... working in a public library can be something of a trip at times.  And I'm not talking camping trip!  We get all sorts coming through our doors - all ages, and many variations of mental stability.  Some are easier to deal with than others, and there's one patron in particular who I really like but who has some severe mental issues that really seem to have taken a turn for the worse lately.  Full on paranoid schizophrenia.

This has to do with trailers, I swear it!

This afternoon she called while I was on the desk, and she had a question about the cover of a book she had checked out earlier.  The bar code we put on the book covered some words, and she wanted to know what they said.  I looked it up online and

OH MY GOD LOOK AT THOSE TRAILERS!!!!


The patron was particularly interested in what it said there at the top and exactly which words were capitalized.

Patron:  "and are the W's in Willy Wonka both capitalized?"

Me:  "yes, both W's are capitalized, the "m" in meets is not, but the "T" and "M" in The Matrix -

OH MY GOD LOOK AT THOSE TRAILERS!!!!

They do bear a suspicious resemblance to this...


trailer_camp


Sort of.

I've been meaning to read that book.  It's just moved a few more notches up towards the top of my stack.  I want to find out what's up with those trailers on the cover.

6 comments:

  1. It's a great book. I randomly picked it up at ALA a couple of years ago (or was it PLA...?) and ended up loving it. Smart and fun.

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    1. I've heard good things about it, and my son really enjoyed it. I have so many other things to read first though! We have to choose a book for our community reads program (I'm the committee chair, so no slacking), and I'm way behind in my YA reading...

      I'll get to it!

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  2. Love you librarians! So helpful, but most of all, so patient with everyone who comes to the library.

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    1. Thanks Jeanne! I for one love helping everybody that comes to the library.

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    2. In my community (Madison, WI), we're blessed to have a new Central Library opening this weekend. There have been a series of events leading up to the Grand Opening including "Stacked" (see the story about it at: http://tinyurl.com/Madison-Library). It was a great event. As I posted on Facebook this morning "This ain't your grandfather's library any more...." I was delighted, as a grant writer, to be able to help with the fundraising. The support for the new Central Library in our community is fantastic.

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    3. That's great! There's muttering in my town about working towards a new, bigger library. The last attempt failed (many years ago, now). We'll see... it would be nice to have a bigger better space!

      On a side note, I was searching Google for pictures of vintage trucks and trailers, and found your blog! I'll put a link to it here on my blog. :-)

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