Mr. Spock

It's so hard to know where to begin. There are so many good stories and so many "interesting" patrons to talk about.

Here's an early one for you:

At one branch that I worked at, I had to deal with an eccentric Sci-Fi buff. Let's call him...Mr. Spock. He was short with a pronounced tummy and balding with his black hair pulled back into a short ponytail. And he wore wire-rim glasses. Mr. Spock would typically put many many Sci-Fi videos and DVDs on hold at the library. Especially things like Star Trek. (Now before you start thinking I'm prejudiced against Sci-Fi buffs, don't. I'm a Sci-Fi buff too) He also had ridiculous expectations of the staff. He asked that we personally call him when he had holds that came in. He didn't trust the automated system. If we did this for every customer, that would be all we could do in a day.

Well, one day, Mr. Spock came in and started ranting about the fact that we had SO many books about the Holocaust but nothing from any other perspective. He insisted there were other points of view about WWII that should be represented. Then, he said, "You probably have all these Holocaust books because of all the Jews in the area."

Right.

I think it's time for Scotty to beam you up, Mr. Spock and leave the rest of us rational people to our work.