"I won't ask for print outs today, dear"

"because they're rather, ahem, explicit."

This customer, who usually asks for addresses of film companies, then proceeded to request the details of a film company and a magazine that specialise, as far as I could make out from the limited access the filter gave us, in gay & lesbian porn...

Some people apparently lack the embarrassment gene.

all the fun

I missed all the fun yesterday... some bloke came in, threw our coffee table in the air, knocked over our booksale tables (complete with lots of books) and then karate kicked our new, shiny, electric sign. Our panic button failed but both security and police apparently turned up in the end.

Fortunately it was nothing to do with the service we'd given, but some sort of domestic incident and the police are going to try to catch up with him.

Whoever said library work was boring?!

it makes you think

This morning someone came in asking if she could find out which, if any, books were on her uncle's card, and how much he owed so that she could pay it off or pay the cost of replacement. Due to Data Protection, we're not allowed to give this information out - but the reason she wanted it is because her uncle is in a coma, and if he comes round they want him to have minimal things to worry about.

In her situation the last thing I'd be concerned about would be library books - incidents like that really make you think about the things you whinge about on a daily basis. Nothing in the day to day reality of work life is really that bad, is it?