Librarians everywhere hate me

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by libraryvixen

All librarians do not hate you! I know I don't!

In my experience answering reference questions, I use Amazon to see if the book is in print or not. It's the fastest way I can get an answer. Also, it's good that you had a lot of information to give the librarian. It's helpful, even if it's not accurate. Sometimes it's that little somehting that might jog our brains. Google is nice because of the spell check feature (perfect for little ole me). We'd rather have a lot of information rather than the information of "It's blue, and it's (uses hands to illustrate) this big. Oh Oh.. and I think my friend's mother's daughter's hairdresser checked it out 10 years ago". Vague is bad.

I do have to say, that the questions I normally snork and giggle at are the ones where people are rude and stupid. Let's take the discussion where the man at the desk INSISTS that the author of Moby Dick is Charles Dickens. When I tell him it's Melville, he says I'm looking up the "Wrong Moby Dick". Those are the questions I share with the staff!

Also... I have fines on my card. I have over $10 in fines on my library card. Now, I forget like the mortals to turn my books in on time. So, don't feel bad. I have a kid who likes to put books here and there. I also like to get books and then leave them on a pile next to my bed, forget to read them, THEN forget to turn them in on time.

I still love you!

Thanks! I knew a wrong author wouldn't make you hate me! She was nice enough, it was just funny that she got so exasperated because I kept trying to leave. At one point I even said, "I don't want to monopolize all your time, I'll go look on the shelves some more." But this lady just would not let me leave. Plus, I think I made her day by giving her that special feeling of superiority.

At the bookstore, I admit, I laughed in secret at the customers that would ask the difference between fiction and non-fiction. I mean come on, how can you not know that? I also got the questions where people would say, "It's an orange book about a person that was in the war." Or whatever they were looking for. Did they really think I could find that?

And lady, ten dollars is nothing as far as fines go. Trust me. Nothing.

[libraryvixen]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

And lady, ten dollars is nothing as far as fines go. Trust me. Nothing.

Uhh... that's what is is right NOW. That's not what it was before... It was pretty high. Let's say... oh... high thirties.

[Alex]

From my time behind a reference desk your experience is hardly unusual. At least you didn't come in and say "Do you have that green book by the famous science fiction author?" or "I'm looking for that book that was mentioned on NPR last week."