Misconceptions

Me: S— Public Library, this is Sean.

Guy on phone: What kind of business is this?

Me: This is the city library. Can I help you with something?

GOP: Congratulations dude. You get minimum wage to mess around with books.

Me: That doesn’t really—

GOP: (hangs up)

Me: —describe my job…

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5 Responses to “Misconceptions”

Derek Says:
June 19th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
I don’t get it. Was this, in essence, a prank call? GOP called up just to insist that our job sucks? Sounds like a bright kid.
Sean ( PizzoC) Says:
June 19th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I can’t be sure, but I think he may have been calling in response to one or more failed TeleForms notifications. Wondering who was prank-calling him, in effect.
alana Says:
June 19th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
I love messing around with books. Even though the emotional attachment is all one sided, I’m usually left completely satisfied and warmed through and through. Plus I’ve found the risk of STDs to be very low.
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G ( galendara) Says:
July 9th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I mess around with books for free.
ditto what alana said.
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Sean ( PizzoC) Says:
July 9th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Yeah, as a reference librarian I’m paid to be surrounded by books, to direct people to books, and to throw away damaged books. The “messing around” with books is more of an avocation. :D