March 31, 2003
Where are the books?
Tonight I worked the info/customer cervice booth at the bookstore. I really enjoy this for a couple of reasons. First, I get to move around the store and not stand still behind a register. Secondly, I get to check out tons of books as I clean and look for books that people want. But these pale in comparison to my favorite reason.
Getting to hear people ask really dumb questions about books.
"Where are the black books?"
"What?"
"The black books, by black writers, where do you keep them?"
"Well, what kind of books? Fiction, history, relationships, etc."
"Dunno. Just the black books"
"Well, I apologize but we do not categorize our books by race, was there a specific book/author you were looking for?"
"Omar Tyree" - which is all she said as if this was a complete sentence.
I can't believe that I had to say that to someone...with a straight face. She still didn't see how her question was lame after I led her to the fiction section under the letter "T". I am sure she is still convinced that I was keeping something from her.
Comments
LOL!!! Oh that's great! A new one for the library students here who can't believe that *do* people come into the library looking for that "big red book I used last week" (or something similarly inane). And I thought shelving by size was strange...
I almost can't wait until tonight so I can see what they will come up with next.