Reference Question of the Week – 4/18/10
April 24th, 2010At first this struck me as funny, but then I found it sad. In the end, I decided to file it under "good decision."
The phone rings:
Patron: Do you have a fax machine? I need to fax something to my lawyer.
Me: Yes.
Patron: Well, okay. What time do you open in the morning? I've already got a couple beers in me.
This was at 5:15 p.m. on a Wednesday.
April 26th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
It’s always 5 o’clock somewhere. At least they had the decency to stay home. I usually get to smell the drenched in smell of alcohol wafting around me when they come talk to me.
May 17th, 2010 at 10:34 am
I had a student come to the reference desk recently, fairly high on something. He formed his question well but then said (pointing at a companion) “Can you give the answer to my friend?” I guess he knew, somewhere in there, he wouldn’t remember what I answered. Sigh.