A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette: Coffee, Making

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Never complain that your library's secretary makes terrible coffee. Instead, fire the secretary and hire a barista.

Anonymous said...: The barista would certainly be busier than our "overworked" admin assistant.; 2:33 PM
Anonymous said...: We don't have a secretary... so the librarians make coffee on their own. I love that "burnt coffee" smell.; 1:56 PM
Nemoleon said...: One of my big career disappointments has been the denial of my proposal to convert the reference desk to a coffee bar and the reference librarians to "reference baristas."; 8:31 AM
Anonymous said...: We had a coffee bar at the library I work at, but it was run by the company that manages the student cafeteria. Needless to say, my preteen niece makes better lattes.; 5:55 PM
Mike said...: mmMMMMMMMmmmmm coffee; 8:17 AM
Anonymous said...: I'll take bad coffee smell over moldy book smell any day.; 8:39 PM

A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette