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Nov. 16th, 2013 01:50 pmConversations at the library:
Elderly patron: So, are you manning the fort all on your own today?
Me: Nope - we're not allowed to open if there's only one of us. Kelly's around in the stacks.
Elderly patron: Well, the answer to that is to get all of you pistol permits.
Me: ...while security is certainly something we think about, a large part of the issue is the ability to properly serve the number of patrons who come in and get all our work done, rather than shooting people.
Elderly patron: I'll talk to the NRA for you.
I am in a tiny small-town library in a tiny semi-rural small town. Although gun violence is a possibility (as it is everywhere in the US), it strikes me as pretty unlikely. It's not like we're running a library in a lawless frontier town in the Old West or something.
...why yes, I am now imagining Sparks Nevada running a library, why do you ask?
Elderly patron: So, are you manning the fort all on your own today?
Me: Nope - we're not allowed to open if there's only one of us. Kelly's around in the stacks.
Elderly patron: Well, the answer to that is to get all of you pistol permits.
Me: ...while security is certainly something we think about, a large part of the issue is the ability to properly serve the number of patrons who come in and get all our work done, rather than shooting people.
Elderly patron: I'll talk to the NRA for you.
I am in a tiny small-town library in a tiny semi-rural small town. Although gun violence is a possibility (as it is everywhere in the US), it strikes me as pretty unlikely. It's not like we're running a library in a lawless frontier town in the Old West or something.
...why yes, I am now imagining Sparks Nevada running a library, why do you ask?
