I found this rather amusing, in a head-desk kind of way...

[frolijahfan]

One of our circulation clerks gave me a book, saying that we'd had two complaints about it (she wasn't sure if it was the same patron both times, but considering the complaint I'd guess that it was). There was a note taped to the front of the book saying "There is absolutely no reason to cover up the author's picture." So I look for the cover-up; there's a small photo of the author on the inside back flap and the tape that we use to attach the dust jacket to the book overlapped the top of the photo by a smidgen (it covered most of her hat and a little of her forehead. ??!!? So in the interests of patron happiness, I peeled up the end of the tape and trimmed off the offending piece. Some people really need to get a life.
And on the children's room front...
Apparently the insurance company decided to go with the cleaning company, and they've come and taken (most of) the stuff away to be dealt with. Still no conclusive evidence on the perpetrators; the director suspects a couple of kids who show up on the cameras carrying cups, but since other shots show them *drinking* out of said cups, I'm a bit doubtful that they were using the cups to carry and fling urine. And poor F., the children's librarian, trying to escape on vacation? They went to the Carolinas, where they get to deal with Earl instead. Some people just can't win...

Comments

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

LOL!! Yes, there is no doubt that person needs to get a life. Maybe she's the author and makes a career out of traveling to libraries all over the country to be sure her face isn't covered? *g*

Oh gosh, your poor children's librarian must feel cursed!! I do hope they can find the perpetrators!

[frolijahfan.livejournal.com]

I love it! Authors traveling incognito, making sure that their fans can see them... If only all our patron complaints were so easy to deal with, no? ;)

Sometimes I think that F. should consider retirement--she's got the years in and she's wildly unhappy with all the changes that have accompanied our new director, but she keeps hanging on. But I'm no one to talk- in a couple of years, that'll be me.
Frankly, I'll be shocked if we ever catch the creeps. But I'd be willing to be surprised this time...