#librarian problems

[librarianproblems]

When you’re trying to read but your family keeps talking to you

[bibliosauruswrecks]

Patron: Do you have the new James Patterson book?

Me: You have no idea how unspecific that is.

[mstornadox]

When I come across a video about plagiarism that is NOT made by a librarian, of course I’m going to hit play. I’m always looking for examples of info lit in the wild.

I just wish that I had looked at the runtime first. Not that it felt long. I really didn’t notice the time until I was already 3 hours in. Yes, Hbomberguy kept referencing how long this video was, but I thought it was some kind of in-joke.

Sigh. The video is too long to assign for a class, but it covers so much good stuff.

[swordsmans]

maaaaaan trying to maintain an attitude of “i love my career and i’m glad i’ve dedicated my life to it” is really difficult when the pay is so low i have to work two jobs, ten hours a day, six days a week to make anything close to a living wage

[vera-dauriac]

One of the dangers of being a Librarian is I will be going happily about my day, and then randomly think to myself, "I bet X would love Y book." But if I told every X every Y, I would become impossibly annoying.

[silelda]

I just spent the last hour in a meeting debating the role capitalization plays in determining if something is "official," "important" or "labeling". It has to be on a case-by-case basis, yes, so we were debating within a specific context. We still couldn't decide anything because as soon as something seems to be the case, multiple exceptions were pointed out.

All that to say, I'm gonna let my brain enjoy some dumb stuff for a while.

[liyazaki]

an unbelievably obnoxious, misogynistic old man at work today: “just look at that hair- what’s wrong with your hair?”

my deadpan response: “nothing. it looks good.”

him, visibly thrown & spluttering like an idiot: “err, yeah- it looks good.”

rainbow-haired gays 1; crotchety old bigots 0.

[mizarchivist]

Me, after the 3rd walk-through of my shift-- What the fuck. Do we have a poltergeist? Why are all the chairs pulled out at wildly weird angles????? UGH!!!!!

[brokenlibrarygirl]

Not this boy attacking me at work…

[librarianproblems]

You know, the one who “forgave their billed items” and “lets them do whatever they want”

[bibliosauruswrecks]

People who say libraries are low-stress, drama-free workplaces have never witnessed two book clubs getting into a fistfight in the parking lot, and it shows.

[authorofthelabyrinth]

If I missed one of your favorites, please leave it in the tags/comments! I’m always looking for more depictions of libraries in fiction!

[swordsmans]

a beautiful older transwoman came into the library today, and after chatting for a while she asked—very discreetly—if i was “part of the community”. never in my life have i felt so loved by a stranger as the moment i said yes. sometimes humanity is very, very good

[asyouleft]

There's this patron at work who calls and asks sort of weird questions and one of them is usually about the height of a celebrity.

Friday, I got his call and he wanted to know a few things about Orland Bloom. He wanted to know where he lived, what his nationality was and then, finally, how tall he is.

And without any hesitation I went, "Oh 5'11!"

Friends, I didn't have to look that up. I just, some how, in the depth of my mind had that information stored and ready to go. I did google it real quick to check and yup, that's right.

I like to think I learned it somehow when LOTR came out and it was for a valid reason (fic? maybe?) and I didn't just learn how tall Orland Bloom was for shits and giggles.

I can't even remember how old I am half the time, I don't know how tall my husband is but apparently I can, on demand, know Orland Bloom's height.

[readingrobin]

My gay wrath was envoked early this Pride Month, when my work set up a Pride display, but, instead of having the shelves full of books written by queer authors or have queer characters, they instead took random books and arranged them so that the covers make up the colors of a Pride flag.

Ah performative allyship at its finest.