Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A Further Dispatch from the Ref Desk

Dear Patron,

A li-brary is "a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale". We are not the Antiques Roadshow. If you have a reference question I will be happy to do my best to answer it. If you want someone to value the cheaply made black and white German street scene prints in the flimsy cardboard and plastic frames you'll need to go elsewhere. I humored you and searched for all of the names and words in German and found nothing. Standing over me and looking over my shoulder and telling me to click on things is not helping. If you think you know how to do it better I would be happy to get you on a computer. Continuing to stand there waiting when I've told you I can't find anything is not going to make me magically produce an answer. Also, standing that close to my chair so you can micro-manage my searching is a violation of my personal bubble. I will be setting the force field to stun shortly if you do not back away.

Thank you, please leave now
Your Local Library Specialist

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