Friday, May 16, 2008

Patrons, Dating

Librarians should always consider their clientele as a potential dating pool. You never know... occasionally one of your homeless patrons just might be desperate enough to be seen in public with you.
Posted by J at 2:09 PM
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14 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOL... I don't know about dating the homeless, but the Library can be a fertile environment to meet women. I've dated my share... Humm, maybe I shouldn't use the word "fertile."

3:52 PM
Anonymous said...

Well, it doesn't work so well when you work in Youth Services, particularly when it is just mornings in the children's department. There are not many men at all, and those that are there are usually with their small children or are exceptionally creepy--hence their spending large amounts of time hanging around the children's section.

8:09 AM
Anonymous said...

You must be joking.

8:49 AM
Aviva said...

LOL. Ya, I've known a few guys who thought librarians were super hot...they actually were pretty hot themselves. They always went to the local libraries to scout out the women...lol. However, if you can't find someone to date, it's always amusing to watch patrons hook up at the library...esp. the teenagers who are there under the guise of "studying"...lol.

12:04 PM
Anonymous said...

Blech! Dating sounds like a revolting prospect: how about "Librarian appreciation day?"
Give your fav. librarian a gift or $money under the table or some little something? extra?

Alcohol is usually appreciated, so are generous tips.

9:27 PM
Anonymous said...

I think you should expand this post to give us some more information. How should a librarian approach their clientele to best secure a date? (i.e.; offer homeless person your number?) and maybe more tips on dating for librarians. It's hard for librarian women. Men librarians have it easy--they have all the women librarians after them....

12:27 PM
Anonymous said...

ugh, not at my library. All the male librarians here are eunuchs.

2:27 PM
Anonymous said...

Jenny S. ... the trick is to access patron records and copy down name, address, phone number, and email address. That gives you pretty much all you need to start either a stalking or a dating relationship with your patrons.

I'm not saying I've done that, of course, just that IF . . . .

---Kurt

2:53 PM
f is for Fer; he failed to floss said...

This tactic is not altogether OK in an academic library setting, though of course we are legally all adults here.

The staff and the homeless people, that is. The students, bless their underdeveloped souls, are still in that grubby stage. There's a Rodney Dangerfield bit in EASY MONEY, where his child photographer character asks a subject how old she is. She flashes five fingers. Rodney responds, great, call me when you're this old, flashing ten fingers twice. I'd add another five to that, but hey, Rodney probably knew what he was doing.

6:16 PM
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6:17 PM
Lindsey said...

One of my (married)co-workers was hit on by one of our vendors (at a conference, in the exhibits) Ewwwwwww....

6:46 PM
Amy said...

Our security guard said, "I would never go out with him [creepy customer]... actually, I mean I would never take him out, because I'd be the one paying!"

10:42 AM
Anonymous said...

lol dating the homeless??
oh lord i could never

10:10 AM
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