Librarians Troll All The People Who Annoyed Them At Work And It’s Brilliant

• By Asad Tipu
• February 7, 2018
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Being a librarian isn’t as fun as you think.

While yes, you get the luxury and freedom of being surrounded in books and having all the reading time in the world, you still have to deal with people. And anyone who’s ever worked in customer service knows that people suck.

Apparently, it’s very common for people to go up to librarians and say “I don’t remember the title but the cover was…”

So, one librarian did what was bound to happen eventually. They made fun of them.

When libraries troll their patrons. pic.twitter.com/Hn8a96f8je

— Bart Leib (@Metafrantic) February 4, 2018

This isn’t the first time either!

Lolz my library did this too. I took a photo because we used to get this question all the time when I worked at a bookstore. pic.twitter.com/QDeZ8hvG0W

— Karah Sutton (@Karahdactyl) February 5, 2018

It is a common occurrence.https://t.co/2h29jT3997 pic.twitter.com/FbCLCooPfq

— Studio SergeXIII (@SergeXIII) February 4, 2018

That’s the real skill librarians have.

My proudest moment was working in an episcopal library of 200,000 books, someone asked for 'that book about bishops with a yellow cover' and I got it straight away *even though it was purple*

— Anna James (@superteadrinker) February 5, 2018

YEARS ago at Waldenbooks I relabeled the New Age shelf "Blue and White Books About Light." It took a few weeks but one day while at the register I heard it, from way in the back of the store: my manager giggling uncontrollably.

— 1 helen per capita (@IxnayCrabwinkle) February 5, 2018

Not only dealing with people, but also getting them exactly what they asked for.

What drives me crazy is: "You had this book on display last week. I don't remember the title"

— Shelley at the Library (@cardcataloggirl) February 4, 2018

Customer: Do you have that book that was just on the radio?

Young Me (bookstore manager): Can you tell me any more? Fiction or non? What was it about.

Customer: It was about a man and a woman? And they meet? And it's kind of a love story? I think it's non fiction but not sure

— Karin Robinson (@karinjr) February 5, 2018

Customers are next to useless, most of the time!

Young Me: OK, what radio station was it?

Customer: It's a really popular show. You really be aware of what books they're talking about on the radio.

YM: (Imagines spending all her hours frantically scanning all media in case of book talk.) OK. Sorry to let you down.

— Karin Robinson (@karinjr) February 5, 2018

See sometimes the spine and the cover don’t match. They should match or else it confuses people like me.

— Janelle (@janwly) February 5, 2018