Wednesday, June 16, 2010

#1

I have just started a job working at Trinity University's library as a graduate assistant. So far it seems that I will be sitting at the reference desk, answering a few questions, and just doing some library stuff, mostly in the evenings.

Location: Trinity Reference Desk
Time: 5:20
What happened: Patron walks over to me and asks in a very quiet whisper: "Where are the restrooms?"
Me, being me decided to answer her more loudly than she asked: "The restrooms? There is one downstairs and there is one upstairs. There aren't any on this floor. The one downstairs is located at the foot of the stairs and to your right, and the one upstairs is located at the top of the stairs, also to your right."
Patron: "Oh my" and looks scared. Then sits back at her computer desk.
I sit here wondering why she didn't end up going. The directions aren't that complicated.

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