i love working with the public

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it’s true. i love working with the public.

also, i hate it.

also also, i am continually surprised by the public, if not every day, than at least once a week. you’d think there would be a point where i would have seen it all, heard it all, but no, that’s what makes working with the public so great.

case in point: today a lady comes in wanting to get a library card.

i love it when people get library cards. it’s great! when you get a library card you can borrow books! for free! it’s an awesome thing. it’s one of the best things ever invented! i wish everyone used their public library.

so when people come in and want library cards, i too, want them to have library cards.

this lady (a grown, adult woman. older than me.), she comes in and wants a card. AWESOME. let’s get her a card!

do you have a AL driver’s license?

no. i don’t drive.

okay. do you have a state ID?

no. i don’t have anything like that.

you have no photo ID?

nope.

do you have any kind of identification?

not with me.

you’re going to need to bring that in to get a card here.

i haven’t been here that long.

do you have proof of residency?

no.

you don’t have a bank statement or utility bill that comes in your name?

no. it’s not my house.

do you have a rental agreement or lease with your name and address on it?

i live with some people.

okay, to get a card we need proof that you are who you say you are and you live where you say you live.

but i don’t have any of those things.

i’m sorry. you can’t get a card until you have those things.

oh wait! i do have something!

great!

*pulls out a prescription bottle of pills and puts it on the counter* here! this has my name on it!

ma’am, we can’t use this.

but why not?! it’s got my name on it!

ma’am, a bottle of pills is not a valid form of ID.

***

she got mad and left.

she’s no ID, DL, papers of any kind. how did she get there? did she drive there? what kind of pills were they?

i have no answers.

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