Just when you think you've seen everything...

...someone walks through your library carrying a hula-hoop.

Pro tips for free:

Never lend your scissors out on the Friday afternoon before Valentine's Day.

We keep two pairs, and loan them to patrons in the central reading area as needed. However, one pair was out before I got to Ref (and I didn't know that). Then I loaned the other pair to another patron.

As I started doing my usual tasks, I discovered I needed one of the pairs. So I looked around the library for either pair to see if they were idle.

Both pairs are actively engaged in cutting out red hearts from construction paper.

Awwww....

This just in...

...even worse than being able to identify patrons in your vicinity by smell?

Being able to identify them by the hacking, phlegmy cough.

It's cold & flu season, people. Wash your hands!

You may be a reference librarian if...

...if you've ever wished you had a mirror on a long stick that you could use to peer over the balcony wall to see who's unwrapping the world's noisiest candy wrapper. Cause if you had it, you could positively identify the offender and remind them about the rules. But no, having no mirror on a long stick means that by the time you get up there, the candy will be in mouth and innocent cherubic facial expressions will be firmly installed.