Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Quiet, Peace and
Librarians can avoid confrontations with unruly patrons by offering courtesy earplugs to people who complain about noise. If your library can’t afford to supply all patrons with earplugs, just buy enough for the library staff. Then you won’t hear anyone complaining about the anarchy taking place in your building.
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Happiness is a cell phone jammer that brings quiet to the countryside!
We used some of our supply budget to buy noise canceling headphones for students get distracted by noise. (We're a school library). They really appreciate them.
I work in the children's room and it is a constant onslaught to the auditory senses for the whole time that I am here. The biggest issues is parents that just leave the kids and wander off....then the patrons in the adult section complain and give me the evil eye for not controlling someone elses kids.
I too deal with unsupervised children. I am not above standing at a distant and saying "Does your mom know what you are doing?" This is usually followed by an uncomfortable silence and, for a moment, all parents reunite with their children.
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