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Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:14 A GMT-08
We have a new janitor who isn't doing a very good job. Yesterday morning I found that a patron had left a Tupperware container full of fresh pineapple on one of the tables. Who brings pineapple to the library? I mean, it's not the weirdest food item I've seen at the branch, but if nothing else, it's pretty darn drippy and hard to eat without utensils. And how did they manage to leave it behind? If nothing else, it was quite a nice container...

Sorry for the lack of updates lately...

Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:36 A GMT-08

...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.

The highlight of the last few weeks was having to call 911 for a homeless guy who claimed to be having a seizure but was, in fact, just drunk on Listerine.  The EMT's knew him by name and asked, in very kindly tones, if he wanted to go back to rehab.

Animals eat the strangest things

Sunday, 29 June 2008 4:42 P GMT-08

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. 

Heard outside my library this morning...

Monday, 16 June 2008 6:43 P GMT-08

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. 

If you're going to take it, at least put it back

Wednesday, 4 June 2008 8:22 P GMT-08
A weird incident yesterday - I was standing at the copier, which is in front of our front window. A very elderly Indo-Canadian man knocked on the glass, said something incomprehensible, and then held up one of our tiny chairs from the children's department! He'd taken it (without permission) outside (why, I don't know - we have benches) and wanted me to go out (in the rain) and fetch it from him! I was not impressed. But clearly it wasn't coming back the same way it went out, so I did. I asked him "Did you take our chair?!" and he just babbled some more (I think it included thank you, at least) and handed it to me. I did say "Don't take our chairs!!" but I doubt it had an impact. Bizarre.