A package was delivered to me at the front desk of the library. Alas, it wasn't for me, it was for a children's librarian who has lately also become a branch manager. I brought it into the kid's room because they are nice and fun to talk to. But they said the librarian in question was not around and the package should probably just go upstairs. I told them that I only do special deliveries to the kid's room and that the upstairs librarians don't deserve it, so I would put the package in its normal place by the mailboxes.
They understood.
Then I hurried back to find a small group of people needing help at the front desk. They had been able to log onto the computers with their card, but once logged on to the computer it wouldn't let them do anything.
Curious!
I started to head out to the computers and asked them to show me where they were logged in. They said they were upstairs!
"Oh." I said. "There should be librarians up there who could help you."
They all got a real sad look on their faces.
"No. They wouldn't help us." One of them said grimly.
So I helped the little group get going on some computers downstairs.
But I understood about the librarians upstairs.
They probably needed that package.
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