"If it weren't for my horse..."
I visited the Delta Township District Library for the third time this week yesterday. Just can't get enough of that place. Well, my second visit was just to pick up the CDs for the box set I got on Monday--they weren't in cases when I checked it out. Simple mistake. The librarians appreciated me not freaking out about it and their repeated apologies made me wonder what sort of tongue lashings they've received in the past. Having spent four years working at a video store, I could relate and I told them so. We shared a "I hear ya bro" moment.
I know I was subjected to obnoxious ranting and raving from unruly costumers during my tour of duty at the video store, I can only image what librarians have to go through. I see it as, I had no reason to get upset about it because I was getting the CD set (a $60+ value) for FREE. But I know there are some people out there who don't see things that way and love any reason to pick a fight with someone. I certainly encountered those at the video store. My favorite was when people accused us of purposely checking movies in a few minutes late so they'd have to pay a fee. Yeah. Because we have nothing better to do than to single out your copy of Corky Romano out of a few dozen others and hang on to it until two minutes after noon and THEN check it in.
Here's a bit of an inside secret--the computers in the store where I worked didn't start recording things late until after 1PM, even though the listed due back time was noon. So there. This was at a Blockbuster if you care, but don't rely on this information because they could have changed it by now.
Yesterday I returned to the library to drop off my book on CD copy of Old Man and the Sea--loved it. I picked out Lewis Black's book Nothing's Sacred AND it is read by the man himself. It is all kinds of hilarious. And the best part was, I used the library's new Express Checkout (or whatever it is called). Very neat--it is a self-check out system. You scan your card and then what you're taking out. Easy.
I know I was subjected to obnoxious ranting and raving from unruly costumers during my tour of duty at the video store, I can only image what librarians have to go through. I see it as, I had no reason to get upset about it because I was getting the CD set (a $60+ value) for FREE. But I know there are some people out there who don't see things that way and love any reason to pick a fight with someone. I certainly encountered those at the video store. My favorite was when people accused us of purposely checking movies in a few minutes late so they'd have to pay a fee. Yeah. Because we have nothing better to do than to single out your copy of Corky Romano out of a few dozen others and hang on to it until two minutes after noon and THEN check it in.
Here's a bit of an inside secret--the computers in the store where I worked didn't start recording things late until after 1PM, even though the listed due back time was noon. So there. This was at a Blockbuster if you care, but don't rely on this information because they could have changed it by now.
Yesterday I returned to the library to drop off my book on CD copy of Old Man and the Sea--loved it. I picked out Lewis Black's book Nothing's Sacred AND it is read by the man himself. It is all kinds of hilarious. And the best part was, I used the library's new Express Checkout (or whatever it is called). Very neat--it is a self-check out system. You scan your card and then what you're taking out. Easy.
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