Another One Bites the Dust

I've worked with two people who have fried their iphones by dropping them in the toilet.  I hate to say it again but low-rider pants should be outlawed. If your pants don't cover your butt crack surely the back pockets aren't going to be deep enough to carry around your electronic devices.

How to Train Your 'Puppy'

I think we're going to have to start using puppy pads in the public restrooms. Men just can't seem to hit the right spot anymore.  Can Cesar Milan train people too?

Rastafari Wut?

What is it with white suburban teenagers that think its cool to go tribal or au naturel?  You know the ones that hang out in parking lots playing hackey sack with beads and dreads in their hair.  They rarely bathe and try to mask their odor with patchouli.  They also have a penchant for piercing their parts with pieces of wood.  Don't they realize that noses and ears are made of cartilage that continues to grow as we age.  Just leave those lobes alone kids and you'll eventually look like Abe Vigoda without the stylish accessories.

What Goes Up Must Come Down

I'm constantly amazed at the number of people that come huffing and puffing up the central staircase at our library only to ask "How do I get to the third or fourth floor?"  When we point out the stairwell and public elevator in the corner they seem surprised yet they begrudgingly traipse their way over and hop aboard.  The weird part comes when they return from the third or fourth floor on the elevator get off on the second floor and walk back around the mezzanine to the Ref Desk only to finish walking down to the first floor on the central staircase.  Don't these people realize that the elevator goes all the way down to the first floor?

Mayberry V.F.D.

Libraries are traditionally thought of as quiet places of sweet repose where people can go to read and research in relative peace. Not so fast. I come from a very small town in a largely rural county so growing up we had a very small public library located on the second floor of the city building on the corner near Main Street. Prime location, right?  

What Were They Thinking?

I'm no architect but I think it's only common sense that a handicap-accessible restroom should ultimately be handicap-accessible.  Case in point. One of our branch libraries has two sets of bathrooms. There are mens and womens restrooms on the main floor of the library and another set that are located up three or four steps on a landing in the rear portion of the library building.  Guess which ones are the handicap-accessible set?