... musings of a too-short girl in the high-stacks world of librarianship
...it's been very busy but not a lot of weird stuff has been happening. But I'm going to be in charge while the manager's away for big chunks of the summer, so you'll be in for many tales. The weirdos always seem to know when I'm in charge.
Well, when they're puppets being held by primary school kids, at least. This year our summer reading school visit skit involves having the kids hold animal puppets and my puppet asks them what they feed their babies. Usually we get typical stuff - bones for the dog, carrots for the rabbit, etc. But we've also had:
Cat - oranges
Mouse - apples, wires, rat food
Bunny - eggs (I get it, it's the Easter Bunny, but it was still cute)
And we always get the interesting questions
"Is it fun working at the library?" - I thought that was actually a super question and I was able to say that yes, yes it is!
"How many books are the library?" - Dang, I actually had the stats on that last year but couldn't remember. I just said tens of thousands.
Happily, school visits are over. Now it's just the deluge of sticker-wantin' kids for the next two months.
A woman in her twenties, walking between two male companions:
"Like, I don't care if I looked wasted, but did I act wasted?"
I wasn't aware there was that significant a distinction.