tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post1003527908244304373..comments2023-11-22T02:49:34.600-06:00Comments on A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette: No, Just sayJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028088897973151439noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-54467861150353853022011-04-30T11:12:57.099-05:002011-04-30T11:12:57.099-05:00I had to make "please don't sit on the ta...I had to make "please don't sit on the tables" signs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-71997006006379369402011-04-23T01:10:42.942-05:002011-04-23T01:10:42.942-05:00Apparently we need a sign in my library's wome...Apparently we need a sign in my library's women's restroom reminding people where to poop. Something like "Pooping on the floor is prohibited" should do. The unfortunate thing about this recent incident was that it was clearly not from a child.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00855053821601266787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-16106498946746312882011-04-23T01:09:52.228-05:002011-04-23T01:09:52.228-05:00Apparently we need a sign in my library's wome...Apparently we need a sign in my library's women's restroom reminding people where to poop. Something like "Pooping on the floor is prohibited" should do. The unfortunate thing about this recent incident was that it was clearly not from a child.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00855053821601266787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-43607365945325570382011-04-21T12:32:06.052-05:002011-04-21T12:32:06.052-05:00"Please do not spoon on the library furniture..."Please do not spoon on the library furniture."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-49345494345315657232009-12-15T20:49:01.375-06:002009-12-15T20:49:01.375-06:00"This item MUST be checked out" on the s..."This item MUST be checked out" on the self serve holds shelf. Someone thought people would take their holds and walk out th door with them. Look, 'you have to take your books to the old ladies at the front and give them the little card and make the "beep" noise' is the only thing patrons DO know about how a library work. The sign on the holds shelf should say "IfThe Scrivener Colliderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16438984936360543473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-36947347222236982662009-07-28T11:48:47.514-05:002009-07-28T11:48:47.514-05:00Hey J are you still bitching about your old librar...Hey J are you still bitching about your old library after being gone for over a year now? Or is your new library just as whacked as your old library? If you're still bitching about those of us at your old library, maybe you should come back so that you'll get more ideas for your blog. Afterall, you are so much better than us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-72660380476796465852009-04-25T12:54:00.000-05:002009-04-25T12:54:00.000-05:00It is TOTALLY sad that people need reminders of ho...It is TOTALLY sad that people need reminders of how to use the bathroom, but I figure, whatever it takes. I sometimes think of making these:<br /><br />If you sprinkle when you tinkle<br />Please be neat and wipe the seat<br />Or I will cap yo' ass.<br /><br />We're an academic medical library, attached to a hospital, so we have a sign on the front door saying that "Surgical masks are not to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-84021212700303876262009-04-20T00:20:00.000-05:002009-04-20T00:20:00.000-05:00We used to have a "no food or drink" sign, but as ...We used to have a "no food or drink" sign, but as we're a library where I assume at least some people <I>read</I> it was created with pictograms. The drink sign was generic enough, but the food sign was a cheeseburger with a red circle and a slash going through it.<br /><br />Occasionally a smartass would ask "So does that mean there's no cheeseburgers in the library? What if I bring in..." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-47574386995569678052009-04-17T16:34:00.000-05:002009-04-17T16:34:00.000-05:00We're next to a pool, so it makes some sense, but ...We're next to a pool, so it makes some sense, but every summer we have to put out the "no swimsuits" signs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-77746819295004368242009-04-17T09:06:00.000-05:002009-04-17T09:06:00.000-05:00"No eefing." I first thought it said, "no queefin..."No eefing." I first thought it said, "no queefing," and I thought you'd crossed the line, etiquette-wise.the.effing.librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091817894228602335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-31036873321344606942009-04-17T05:18:00.000-05:002009-04-17T05:18:00.000-05:00This isn't a prohibitive sign, per say, but I real...This isn't a prohibitive sign, per say, but I really want to share it:<br /><br />http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9KBBWofZM1o0YzzJSpjLfw?feat=directlink<br /><br />It's the result of an incorrectly written sign in our library, that I... edited.cookiestorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05210372974439171253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-69734393195724022292009-04-16T10:57:00.000-05:002009-04-16T10:57:00.000-05:00"No unapproved signs." Seriously. A sign prohibi..."No unapproved signs." Seriously. A sign prohibiting signs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-13441754219249195352009-04-16T10:51:00.000-05:002009-04-16T10:51:00.000-05:00One colleague once suggested (in order for folks t...One colleague once suggested (in order for folks to turn off the ringers on their cell phones and use the vibration function instead) that we have a sign at the front of the library that read "turn your vibrators on!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-5137809136547770362009-04-16T09:19:00.000-05:002009-04-16T09:19:00.000-05:00We have a sign near the patron computers that says...We have a sign near the patron computers that says, "No tobacco use of any kind is allowed in the library." <br />There are cute little cliparts of no-signs over cigarettes and cigars, and then there is a tiny, pixelated picture of a can of Skoal. <br />Microsoft apparently did not plan on the need of their Texas customers for cute little frowny cliparts of chewing tobacco.Bookgrunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757904959437841026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-50438179624702688302009-04-16T08:22:00.000-05:002009-04-16T08:22:00.000-05:00We have signs in the restrooms that say "Only one ...We have signs in the restrooms that say "Only one person per stall" or something to that effect. And the signs are professional, not homemade!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-58659680832956757622009-04-15T16:00:00.000-05:002009-04-15T16:00:00.000-05:00We took all the 'no' signs down. We have to tell t...We took all the 'no' signs down. We have to tell them no but in a positive way. <br />You can talk on the phone ( as loud as possible), that location is by the front door.<br />When we do have directional signs no one reads them anyway.<br />For example: RestroomsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-59205004715647683752009-04-15T14:57:00.000-05:002009-04-15T14:57:00.000-05:00My library has its collection split between three ...My library has its collection split between three floors and the signage was this: <br />000.00-399- lower level <br />401-999.99- upper level<br /><br />Apparently there are no book with a 400 call number.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-50275826744664848322009-04-15T14:49:00.000-05:002009-04-15T14:49:00.000-05:00Not in a library, but my favorite collection of si...Not in a library, but my favorite collection of signs was at a New Mexico welcome center on I-40: "Water not fit to drink" and "Watch for snakes."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-34138305589960165912009-04-15T14:40:00.000-05:002009-04-15T14:40:00.000-05:00No Loitering.No Loitering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-7643218277015853052009-04-15T13:19:00.000-05:002009-04-15T13:19:00.000-05:00we have signs that say "no food or drink in the li...we have signs that say "no food or drink in the library" but that is not the current policy. We won't take the signs down (why, you ask? i've heard various inconsistent explanations, such as "it would leave a mark on the wall where the sign used to be" and "we might need to change our policy someday").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-24823412322272769502009-04-15T11:46:00.000-05:002009-04-15T11:46:00.000-05:00The boogers are not just in men's restrooms. I wor...The boogers are not just in men's restrooms. I work in a college and they are also in all the women's restrooms. Gross. <br /><br />The signs here are because students cannot have drinks, food, cell phones, etc. in class, and that also applies to the lab/library. I personally think signs should be for directions only, such as, to find what you are looking for in our online catalog, follow these The Chosen Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944004295255124684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-77095598468750126502009-04-15T10:38:00.000-05:002009-04-15T10:38:00.000-05:00I was instructed to make signs that said "Computer...I was instructed to make signs that said "Computer cables are the property of this library and are not permitted to be removed" I asked if I should make similar signs for the computers themselves or other objects in the library but that was considered "ridiculous"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-8633641248767547172009-04-15T10:05:00.000-05:002009-04-15T10:05:00.000-05:00I've had other friends discuss the boogers they fi...I've had other friends discuss the boogers they find in the men's bathroom. These friends don't work in libraries. Why is there mass booger-wiping on the walls and stalls in men's bathrooms? What is going on?!Chloenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-20270448876967663522009-04-15T09:42:00.000-05:002009-04-15T09:42:00.000-05:00There should be a "No Wiping Boogers" sign next to...There should be a "No Wiping Boogers" sign next to the urinals in the Men's room.General Vaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849537943679426898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-39662793332614078152009-04-15T09:22:00.000-05:002009-04-15T09:22:00.000-05:00We had a "no books" sign on the men's washroom doo...We had a "no books" sign on the men's washroom door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com