BillnDollarBaby wrote: 

I was so excited.  Last night, I got the pleasant, cheery librarian when I was returning my books and paying my fine on the movie I borrowed.  Then I got some more books.  Then I got the nasty, cranky one again.  This is three times in four stops at the front counter.  She's so rude, I'm actually considering complaining about her.  I want to go to your library, because you will be a nice librarian.

 cookinlover wrote: 

And if I find those discarded somewhere in the stacks, *someone* will get a stern talking to!

 winter wrote: 
That's because you get to wear your big boy pants now. I'm so proud of you, little man.

 winter wrote: 
 Mucinex!!!

 oldslabsides wrote: 
In my Heaven, there would be no librarians - no offense to Maryte and the great value she and her colleagues study so hard to provide, but I like exploring libraries unguided.

Lauren Graham would be there reading with me, wearing whatever it is she prefers to read in. Special outfits are for non-reading time.

 winter wrote: 
...and the librarian would be Lauren Graham in spandex, right?

 RichardPrins wrote: 


If there were a Heaven, it would look very much like that.

 BillnDollarBaby wrote: 

I think it might be generational.  Or the utter distress induced by unprecedented budget cuts in library services (library administration in many locales feel the services provided by trained librarians can be provided by part-time volunteers).  Of course, there *are* librarians who do not love what they do - librarians who got into the profession because they thought it would be easy and that they'd be left alone in a quiet cavern, or female librarians who thought this would be a great career to meet a potential spouse.  I can't speak for the culture of your particular library (mayhaps proximity to the beach that they're not enjoying makes them pissy), but my fellow students are unbelievably passionate about helping people in their information endeavours (including me, and I don't even like people).

Why, oh why are so many librarians such evil bitches?  And why, oh why, can I never get waited on by the smiling, charming librarian just one station over from the one I drew in the lottery of lines?  WTF, Maryte?  Do they make you take classes on how to make people feel dirty and annoying for daring to want the knowledge?  Or do they just randomly pick days and everyone has to take their turn at being the Satan Librarian?  What's the deal?

 RichardPrins wrote: 

Beautiful.

I love books.

 Welly wrote: 
Google "define: bibliophibians"

 Google says: 
reminds me of my dining room....

The Most Amazing Libraries In The World, Part Two

 oldslabsides wrote: 
That's a baby Godzilla!    I like these (in spite of being librarian-free):

 maryte wrote: 
That´s right and it´s always a good to point to remember how libraries get packed with international students during those last days of tax filing. I did it once and they (the librarians) had several sessions on a day. Rooms were always crowded. But then I started using taxslayer and avoided the crowd.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
And your point is....