Well, I had the unfortunate experience of answering this question today...
Patron says, "I want to go on a trip to Paris, France."
I tell her ok and that usually public libraries have more travel materials like that, but that I would look for some stuff at the WSU Library System to get her started.
She shakes her head and says, "Well, could you give me the number for AmTrak?"
I cock my eye slightly and tell her, "That's no problem."
She asks, "Do you think they have trains going there?"
At this point, I'm sure my face contorted in a bit of a more confused look. I say, "AmTrak only travels in North America."
"Oh, they don't go over there?"
I explain to her that there is no bridge, road or railway that goes across the great big pond. She thought she heard someplace that blah blah blah and I assured her that boat or plane would be her only options to crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
I don't think she's going to proceed with those particular travel plans.
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I do believe that the "warm weather" has brought out (well, in) definite characters in the library.
Here's the rundown of just a few of my Tuesday night patrons:
I had an extended phone reference with someone who wanted to know the the minimum salaries of NBA and NFL players for the 2006/2007 season. Apparently, these are the minimum salaries players receive, even if they break a leg in the first game. He wasn't happy when I told him the answer (it's something like $275,000 for NFL players with no experience, and well over $450,000 for NBA players with no exeperience). He then proceeded to share his thoughts about the whole system with me (I generally agreed with him).
2)Since the CATs are pretty lousy and usually filthy, I was kind of confused by length of time spent at the computer by a middle-aged man who was dressed like a business executive. However, when I went over to the CATs to pick up books and push in chairs, I caught just the slightest glimpse of whatever he was watching on the internet, and it appeared to involve a lot of flesh. Ahhhh, that explains it. I could be wrong: I didn't want to be nosy and I really didn't want to share in this guy's porn (if that's indeed what it was). Still. . .
3) I do believe I have spoken to Hurricane Lady! I've heard about her before, but until now I hadn't actually talked to her. She called on Tuesday and asked me to go online and read her the statistics on the latest tropical storm. I got the feeling I was not reading the statistics fast enough to her liking :)
Ha! When I used to work at Unnamed Airlines, I had an interesting conversation with an irate passenger flying to Amsterdam (the Netherlands) who *thought* she was going to Germany: "I bought this ticket because they told me it was cheaper than a ticket to Frankfurt, and I thought Holland was in Germany!"
No, honey ... not since 1945 ...
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