Miss Information is annoyed at work
Miss Information always finds that these situations give her a nice chance to bond with the patrons. When someone comes in to complain that they can't find the DVDs, Large Print, or Non-fiction, she is able to do her best version of Joan of Arc and complain that she "just came back from vacation and has no idea what's been going on!"
So everything was pleasant until Thursday when a woman came in looking for the "new DVDs". It was right after Miss Information had shelved a copy of The Great Gatsby which had been released about a month earlier and still looked pretty fresh to Miss Information. She pointed it out. The patron looked at her like she was an idiot and said, "I meant the new movies," enunciating each word carefully as if she were speaking to a 5 year old.
Listen lady, this is the drill. DVDs are released. The library gets them. The library puts them on the shelf. People who are nearby take them out within seconds. This happens for about a month or so until everyone has seen whatever movie is big right then and stops caring. Unless you are very, very lucky, you won't get one of the newest releases until you no longer want it. For example, Miss Information was unaware the library even had the Great Gatsby until 5 minutes ago. (Ok, if she'd thought about it, she would have realized. She doesn't care for Leonardo Di Caprio.)
6 Comments:
I love Miss Information! I think it is the most brilliant idea for a blog I have ever seen.
I am afraid Miss Information will think I am stalking her. I do not want to alarm her at all. I think we might have gone to the same library school, and I might have met her. Does she like Minette Walters and remember a library school project on Mysteries in Dilevko's class? I am Treezy5 on a newspaper's website. Do you use the name The Tribune when you are talking about newspapers at your library to hide the city you live in? I do not want to reveal your identity because that is what I find brilliant about your blog!
Miss Information: please get rid of my post if it compromises your identity. Treezy5
Hi, Treezy5:
Close but not quite. I took a couple of classes with Dilevko but nothing that involved RA.
I am determined that my next cat will be named "Professor Dilevko" in his honour, though.
Oh Miss Information! I love you! Do you know there is another Miss Information in Atlanta, Georgia, who doesn't seem to be who she says she is--her blog is all about comfort food and nothing to do with libraries. She must be stopped!! Although first I will copy some of her recipes...
Can't wait to hear about your next cat, though.
Oh Miss Information! I love you! Do you know there is another Miss Information in Atlanta, Georgia, who doesn't seem to be who she says she is--her blog is all about comfort food and nothing to do with libraries. She must be stopped!! Although first I will copy some of her recipes...
Can't wait to hear about your next cat, though.
Oh Miss Information! I love you! Do you know there is another Miss Information in Atlanta, Georgia, who doesn't seem to be who she says she is--her blog is all about comfort food and nothing to do with libraries. She must be stopped!! Although first I will copy some of her recipes...
Can't wait to hear about your next cat, though.
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