Turkey Day

I always enjoy when patrons have a firm grasp on who they are in this world.


Very Elderly Patron: "I seem ass backwards today. Probably because I'm old. Happy Thanksgiving."


Bless you, old woman. Bless you.

Check your self.

I love listening to patrons talk to themselves at the self check.

"hmmm. I still have something checked out. What is it? Did I turn that in. No, I think it's on the table. I wonder how much more time I have. Is there a sequel? I should find out if there is a sequel..."

A Tree

Sometimes I have to assume that patrons had an ongoing conversation in their head and only chose to include us at the last moment. Case in point:

Patron: My daughter hung from a tree once.
Staff: Oh...
*Patron Leaves*

You Have to Return Those

Just overheard a woman ask for a gift receipt.
For her books.
At the library.

Quota Free Library

There are so many times when I'm confused if patrons understand libraries, what we do, how we work. It's almost like when they yell at me (usually over something dumb) and end it with "I'M NEVER COMING BACK HERE AGAIN!!!!" Don't get me wrong, I want everyone to have access to and visit their library, but I'm not heartbroken if someone CHOOSES not to for a dumb reason. Especially someone who wants to abuse the library or library staff. Today's case:


Patron has too many fines.
Patron: Well then I won't check out any books today! And I was going to check out a lot! You probably won't make your quota now.
*Patron seriously confused about how libraries work.