Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Question and Answer Time

We get a lot of mail here at clerk manifesto so I thought I'd take the time to answer a few of the questions from it all here. You can just leave a question in the comments section below here (I think you'll have to click the unpromising "no comments" thing ) and surely I'll answer it, but I will do my best to field your emailed and snail mailed questions as well, when I can, like now!

 RC of Fort Wayne asks:
What times are libraries open until?
We answer:
4, 5, 5:30, 6, 7, 8, 8:30, 9, 9:30, and 10 depending on the library and where it is. If I've missed any closing times let me know and I'll add it in. (Thanks Jeremy of Sheboygan for "9:30").

 PL of Owen's Creek (?), Georgia asks:
Why is everybody so cranky at the desk of my local library?
We answer:
It's not you. They just think books could somehow be better than they are, and it weighs on them. Slip them a copy of the now obscure King of the Schnorrers By Israel Zangwill and see if it perks them up.

 RK of Fanghorn, Kentucky asks:
Can you waive my fines?
We answer:
You bet! It is one of my clerk superhero talents- use it too much and it's cheapened, use it too little and it's a waste of a magnificent gift. Come on by and we'll roll the die, so to speak.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 25, 2013 at 12:23 PM

    My perpetually adolescent daughter is covered in luxurious black hair. What section of the Library would most likely engage her proclivities? Don't ya'll have a coffee shop? How about an attached mall with food court?

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  2. Feldenstein CalypsoApril 25, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    No mall. We have a barely adequate coffee shop. She would best enjoy our break room and I believe she might like the 636.8 section of our non fiction.

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