Liberry Stories

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A patron came in today to return an audio book. It was late and he owed $5.00.

It was Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover.

Oh Irony, you fickle bitch.

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There is a treasure hunt contest (It’s part of the Alabama Chocolate Festival)  going on in The City of Rainbows. And the first clue has everyone thinking that the treasure is hidden in the library. TONS of people are coming in and ransacking the joint looking for the treasure certificate. And I keep getting calls that go like this:

“This is Jaimie, may I help you?”

“Is this the liberry?”

“Yes.” You just listened to an automated message that told you it was the library.

“Well, I heard on the radio that the treasure is hidden at the liberry.”

“No kidding?”

“You know anything about that?”

“I’ve heard the clue. And there have been many people here searching for it, but to my knowledge no one has found the treasure yet.”

“Yeah, but, I mean, is it there?”

“What?”

“Can you tell me if the treasure is there before I come all the way down there and look for it?”

“I don’t know where the treasure is.”

“Yeah, but you know if it’s there, right?”

“I don’t know where it is. We’re not told where it is. The Chamber of Commerce took care of hiding it, so the City of Rainbows and it’s workers have no idea where it is.”

“But they told you where it is?”

“No. We don’t know where it is.”

“But it’s at the library.”

“I don’t know where it’s at, but you’re welcome to come search for it.”

And on and on and on.

So now we have a game, when people walk in we try to decide (right away) whether they are Searchers or Patrons. It’s a pretty easy game.

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