- Lurking Haro
- Oct 27, 2009
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Glad you're enjoying it!
If you liked ELECTRICITY, you'll probably also enjoy Mercury Lady.
We had a number of patrons who would come in and stop by my desk thinking we were a free a/v repair service. "I put this tape I checked out in my VCR, and it got stuck. Can you get it out it out?" That sort of thing.
And if they were kindly old grandpas, and I wasn't busy, I'd take pity on them, because where else could you get a VCR fixed in TYOOL 2012? I had the tools and the knack for it, and I like fixing things. (Hell, half my job at that time was splicing broken videotapes together and buffing discs that people had apparently used as coasters.)
The people I could not stand, however, were the ones who came in and expected me to fix their laptop issues. One, there's a Best Buy just up the street; go get that poo poo done by people actually getting paid to do that. Two, my computer expertise ends at Windows XP, because that's the OS we're still using, so I don't have a clue how to fix your issue.
One woman came in, trying to get her laptop fixed.
"Can you figure out what's wrong with this? My laptop's doing [whatever the gently caress the problem du jour was]"
Sigh. "I can try, but this isn't really my job. What's the prob---"
"I NEED TO LEAVE, YOUR WIFI IS BURNING MY SKIN. CAN YOU TURN THE WIFI OFF?"
"... Nnnnooo?" 
This happened for weeks. She would come in, try to get her laptop fixed by us for free, and at the same time kvetch about the fact that we had WiFi and that it affected her physically in some way.
It was a local election year, and League of Women Voters had a bunch of debates sponsored by them being hosted by our library. This woman kept showing up to congressional debates (despite our debilitating WiFi) with crazy rear end posters about how there was a huge conspiracy about mercury fillings in our teeth. And so she got named The Mercury Lady.
She never did anything terrible or ban-able, she was just one of those patrons who you'd see coming in and roll your eyes.
Did you tell her her laptop has WiFi?
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- Lurking Haro
- Oct 27, 2009
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You smell that? That's piss AND literature, baby.
Do I have to call The Police?
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Nov 30, 2018 14:06
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- Lurking Haro
- Oct 27, 2009
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Time to sweep out the drop box.
Wouldn't want to scratch any book covers.
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I seek the wisdom of my library comrades who actually have an MLS.