Here is a list of questions asked at libraries, a sad but funny statement on literacy in this country:
~ "Do you have books here?"
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"Do you have a list of all the books written in the English language?"
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"Do you have a list of all the books I've ever read?"
~ "I'm looking for
Robert James Waller's book, 'Waltzing through Grand
Rapids.'" (Actual title
wanted: "Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend.")
~ "Do you have that book by Rushdie:
'Satanic Nurses'?" (Actual title:
"Satanic Verses")
~ "Where is the
reference desk?" (This was asked of a person sitting at a
desk who had,
hanging above her head, a sign saying "REFERENCE DESK"!)
~ "I was here
about three weeks ago looking at a cookbook that cost $39.95.
Do you know
which one it is?"
~ "Which outlets in the library are appropriate for my
hair dryer?"
~ "Can you tell me why so many famous Civil War battles were
fought on
National Park sites?"
~ "Do you have any books with
photographs of dinosaurs?"
~ "I need a color photograph of
Socrates."
~ "I need a photocopy of Booker T. Washington's birth
certificate.
"
~ "I need to find out Ibid's first name for my
bibliography."
~ "Why don't you have any books by Ibid? He's written
a lot of important
stuff."
~ "Is the basement upstairs?" (Asked at
first floor reference desk)
~ "I am looking for a list of laws that I can
break that would send me back
to jail for a couple of months."
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