http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5210/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Sat, 25 May 2013 00:44:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5210/#comment-1588 lucy Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:53:33 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=952#comment-1588 we had a “customer” leave his leavings on the floor in the hallway to the bathroom. who knew one of the tools of a librarian with an mls would be a pooper scooper?

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5210/#comment-1587 Dean Jackson Fri, 21 May 2010 02:13:35 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=952#comment-1587 Apparently his lucky underwear lets him down now and again.

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5210/#comment-1586 Oleg K. Tue, 11 May 2010 20:38:59 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=952#comment-1586 This is definitely going into my snappy library anecdote collection. Next time I’m conversing with someone about public libraries over dinner…

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5210/#comment-1585 Cari Mon, 10 May 2010 01:23:02 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=952#comment-1585 Ohhhhhh, ewwwwwww. Poor Brian. I’ve heard some bad ones, and this one is bad.

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5210/#comment-1584 Pam Sun, 09 May 2010 02:15:52 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=952#comment-1584 This takes the cake. The closest I’ve come to something like this happening in my library was the time a special needs patron peed her pants while using the computer and continued to sit there and type away for quite awhile. We are small library with no custodial staff, so guess who got to clean the chair? ugh!

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5210/#comment-1583 Jessica Sun, 09 May 2010 01:19:15 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=952#comment-1583 O.M.G. I would have needed a plastic bag of my own…. Sounds like a good time to implement that “Any behavior that is disruptive to the library and library patrons may result in being asked to leave” policy.

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5210/#comment-1582 Charlie Sat, 08 May 2010 10:56:47 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=952#comment-1582 Wow. Just wow. This has to win an award for….something.

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