Monday, July 14, 2008

UCD Library

A long time ago, I used to work in a university library. Of course, we had our share of stupid questions. These were actual questions asked (though the wording might be slightly different since these occurred in the Stone Age...)

Me: The physics journals are downstairs.
Patron: Do they move?
Me: What?
Patron: The stairs.
Me: No, they are stairs, not an escalator.

Me: I'm sorry, but the book has been declared missing. [There is an extensive search process before a book can be officially declared missing.]
Patron: Where is it?
Me: If we knew where it was, it wouldn't have been declared missing.

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