Must Be the Full Moon

If it's not the full (or almost full) moon, then why...

...does the mother and grandmother who sit in the computer lab let the pre-school boy in their charge run barefoot back & forth to the unsupervised men's room?

...does the man speak loudly on his cell phone as he converses about his financial difficulties?

...are there myriads of unsupervised children running amok every afternoon after school who can't recall how to behave from day to day, forcing us to tell them over & over what they can and cannot do while in the library?

...do adolescents use the card catalog computers to access their Facebook accounts after being told they need to use the computers in the YA space? Why do they even have a Facebook account?

...does the almost creepy old guy have to call me honey?

Maybe the lunar eclipse will negate more full moon behaviors.

Question of the Day

Message left on voice mail:

I'm looking for the book "Eat a Cat" by Emily Post.

He actually needed an etiquette book by said author.

Too bad we couldn't get a pronunciation guide for him, too.

Dog Days, Continued

The heat warnings continue so it's no surprise a patron came in complaining about the heat and asking for water. Which got the new guy wondering what to do in case someone was suffering from heatstroke.

Being the information specialists that we are, we went to the Internet (after all, isn't everything on the Internet?) and looked it up. The website we found said one should remove the victim's clothing and apply ice packs to the armpits & groin.

Can't think of too many patrons with whom I want to become that familiar.

Dog Days of Summer

It's that time of year again--heat advisories & warnings are already issued for the rest of the week. And I truly feel for those who do not have the luxury of air conditioning and come to the library to stay cool. But have they not heard of soap, water, & deodorant? By 10:00 AM I was overcome by the fumes rising from two separate patrons. I swear I can see the miasma rising from their bodies.

Trust me, my dogs have never smelled that bad & I know that they are prone to rolling in all kinds of nasty stuff. So why is it so difficult for humans (& sorry guys, but the majority of them are male) to smell decent? Which is why I'm also so happy when sparkling, clean-smelling gents come to the desk for help. Unfortunately, that is a rare occurrence in these dog (and all) days.