Tuesday, July 24, 2012

You may be a reference librarian if...

...if you've ever had a man snoozing not 15' away from the desk.  This is not all that unusual.

And, half an hour after you first noticed him sleeping, you go over and gently pat him on the shoulder and ask him to wake up.  He jumps about 3' up when you wake him, but sits up straighter.  Also not unusual.  

And then, an hour later, you go wake him up again.  Slightly less usual to have to wake the same person, but not unheard of.

What IS unusual, though, is that the man again jumps 3' when you wake him...and immediately starts speaking to you in sign language.

In retrospect, I guess that explains why none of my artfully 'dropped' books disturbed him.

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