Friday, September 4, 2020

Manipulating clocks












"Is it still five days you have to pick up a hold before it's gone?" A library patron asks.
"Actually it's longer than five days, but we just tell you it's five days in the same way they used to say masks didn't really help with the coronavirus so that they could keep the limited supply available for health workers."
"Oh."



Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , ,

2 comments:

  1. Library LoggerSeptember 4, 2020 at 1:01 PM

    I'd forgotten that the RCL limit is 5 days (wink, wink); where I am now, holds are held for two weeks. My first thought was that maybe people just can't get to the library that often, perhaps they live far outside the city. I don't think that's it, because if you're not a resident of the city (or a teacher, or a property owner) a card for a full year is $100. Over 65, it's $85. I'm happy to say I'm within the city limits.

    When I tell people here about MELSA and their policies, I don't think they believe me.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Feldenstein CalypsoSeptember 6, 2020 at 11:41 AM

      They don't believe MELSA because it's so accommodating? It's hard to imagine they get many, if any, paid library cards, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. Still, I think a fair share of policies are just random "Let's just try it so we can stop talking about it and it hardly matters." and then 70 years later "Well, they must have had a really good reason for this policy."

      Delete

If you were wondering, yes, you should comment. Not only does it remind me that I must write in intelligible English because someone is actually reading what I write, but it is also a pleasure for me since I am interested in anything you have to say.

I respond to pretty much every comment. It's like a free personalized blog post!

One last detail: If you are commenting on a post more than two weeks old I have to go in and approve it. It's sort of a spam protection device. Also, rarely, a comment will go to spam on its own. Give either of those a day or two and your comment will show up on the blog.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)