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"Of course their solution is to raise taxes!" the patron reportedly shouted before checking out $250 worth of items.
06/06/2019

"Of course their solution is to raise taxes!" the patron reportedly shouted before checking out $250 worth of items.

When a page opened the book, a voice reportedly hissed from the binding, "You thought I would not return? You were wrong...
15/12/2018

When a page opened the book, a voice reportedly hissed from the binding, "You thought I would not return? You were wrong."

"Can you check this in for me? I'd put it in the book drop but there was that one time it didn't get checked in on time,...
07/12/2018

"Can you check this in for me? I'd put it in the book drop but there was that one time it didn't get checked in on time," says patron who can't keep her days straight.

"All I said was, 'Hello.'" the clerk told The Library Gazette. "Besides, it was the day before Thanksgiving!"
25/11/2018

"All I said was, 'Hello.'" the clerk told The Library Gazette. "Besides, it was the day before Thanksgiving!"

"I just assumed libraries still only had books," the patron, who hadn't stepped foot in a library in the twenty-first ce...
02/09/2018

"I just assumed libraries still only had books," the patron, who hadn't stepped foot in a library in the twenty-first century, said.

The L.A. gently reminded the patron that they have spoken every week for 150 weeks.
28/07/2018

The L.A. gently reminded the patron that they have spoken every week for 150 weeks.

Reports came in that his privilege was literally visible.
23/07/2018

Reports came in that his privilege was literally visible.

As the child approached the Library Assistant and muttered the words, "I'm looking for--" the L.A. cut him off immediate...
27/06/2018

As the child approached the Library Assistant and muttered the words, "I'm looking for--" the L.A. cut him off immediately with, "'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'?"

The librarian reportedly began laughing manically which turned into a whimpering sob almost immediately.
22/06/2018

The librarian reportedly began laughing manically which turned into a whimpering sob almost immediately.

"You don't have to pay that today," pleaded the clerk as the McDonald's cup tipped over and pennies scattered across the...
10/06/2018

"You don't have to pay that today," pleaded the clerk as the McDonald's cup tipped over and pennies scattered across the counter.

Happy Summer Reading.
01/06/2018

Happy Summer Reading.

"It was as if we all sensed danger before we could see it," reports local Children's L.A.
27/05/2018

"It was as if we all sensed danger before we could see it," reports local Children's L.A.

"I don't know why we didn't think of it before!' exclaims excited library director.
18/04/2018

"I don't know why we didn't think of it before!' exclaims excited library director.

We're back! Just in time for National Library Appreciation Week!
11/04/2018

We're back! Just in time for National Library Appreciation Week!

The patron went on to say, "I simply don't know how he can put out so many good books so fast!"
14/10/2017

The patron went on to say, "I simply don't know how he can put out so many good books so fast!"

"Do you see how we're NOT clapping our hands, Samantha?!" her husband reportedly shouted after ten minutes.
10/10/2017

"Do you see how we're NOT clapping our hands, Samantha?!" her husband reportedly shouted after ten minutes.

The internal monologue of the library staff member was loud and intense, reports suggest.
07/10/2017

The internal monologue of the library staff member was loud and intense, reports suggest.

"This is a fantastic opportunity for you to get even more stuff done than your normal boat-load of duties!"
04/10/2017

"This is a fantastic opportunity for you to get even more stuff done than your normal boat-load of duties!"

03/10/2017
"Oh, yeah, those things are just chock-full of spiders--every type of spider, man, I'm telling you," one librarian was o...
29/09/2017

"Oh, yeah, those things are just chock-full of spiders--every type of spider, man, I'm telling you," one librarian was overheard saying.

19/09/2017

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