Monday, June 13, 2022

Things you can't do in an Alabama library

 






Despite the title, maybe you can do this in an Alabama library. The range of my library work experience is extraordinarily narrow even as it is unfathomably deep.

A woman came up to the front desk with a wide-eyed three-year-old child. "You are here for a momentous occasion." The woman proclaimed. "This is her first time at a library and she is amazed!" 

I looked at the small child. The small child looked at me. "You will be a full-fledged socialist in no time at all." I said.

Now that I think of it, I should have given her a sticker.




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