The patron who always calls to place holds on right-wing books he sees featured on Fox News (and keeps the TV blaring in the background when he calls) called to ask how to spell “conundrum.”
The older patron who walks by the Information Desk and says things completely out of the blue said this with no preamble: “If I’m against communism, Nazism, and socialism I gotta act like it.” Well okay then.
A patron called to ask how many weekly magazines we carry. I didn’t know, so I took his phone number to call him back. He gave it to me and then asked that I repeat it back to him. The other reference librarian didn’t know the answer, so I emailed the collection development department head about it. She emailed me back with the answer. (The answer is eight. We carry 8 weekly magazines.) I called the patron back. He thanked me, and asked that the information be emailed to him. He gave me his email and asked that I repeat it back to him. Not sure why a one-digit answer warrants an email to prove a paper trail, but okay.
An older patron called, looking for Amazonia by James Rollins. “I’m sure you have it, I got it there a long, long time ago.” Well, that doesn’t mean we currently have it. No, that’s…
