Friday, March 24, 2017

Supplies I have wished we had at the reference desk

  1. A cell phone jammer
  2. Emergency cake
  3. Text-to-speech translation software
  4. A megaphone
  5. A baby gate
  6. Air freshener
  7. Nose plugs
  8. Ear plugs
  9. A taser
  10. Just one god-damn pair of scissors that actually worked

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  1. What would the baby gate before?

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    1. Stopping patrons (not just babies) from coming around behind the reference desk and into my personal space.

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  2. Emergency cake is a fabulous idea. Working scissors is a pipe dream.

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    1. Hah! The emergency cake would have to be replaced often, but it does seem doable.

      As for scissors, maybe this is how some libraries end up with a "scissor policy": https://librarylostfound.com/2016/12/21/library-policies-created-by-patron-bashing/

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  3. Yes, we've wished for a taser at my library, or a cattle prod.

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  4. How about the Cloak of Invisibility

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  5. http://librarianproblems.com/post/159007696306/when-patrons-get-too-close

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