20 July 2008
Stereotypes
I went to a party at a friend's house this weekend. We played The Great Dalmuti (my favorite party game) with a big group of people and then watched the American Fork Steel Days fireworks on my friend's lawn (BEAUTIFUL night). After the fireworks, I was sitting around talking to some of my friend's friends and they were asking me what was universally true about librarians and, particularly, what was true about librarians at my library. All of my immediate thoughts were stereotypes. We like to read. We don't get married. (Actually, one of my co-workers just got engaged this weekend. We'll probably have to fire her. Getting engaged is Not Done in our department.) But some stereotypes are true. I caught myself with my finger to my lips, shushing a group of teenagers one day and realized that I was on the Slippery Librarian Slope. Can't be too much longer before I find myself living with 50 cats.
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The biggest response I get from my friends is "How do you know that? Oh yeah you're a librarian." Then I get requests from them to settle disputes when their Google skills let them down.
Yeah, I thought of better things about librarians later. Librarians tend to have good stories. Librarians tend to be travelers. Librarians are full of useless facts (usually that they looked up for patrons).
Okay, maybe you really were meant to be part of Ben's family. They LOVE That Game. In fact, they have a collection of Very Silly Hats that must be worn during play. I can't wait to see you . . .
I've heard of other people who play with silly hats, but we never do.
Can't wait to see you either!
Who got engaged?! At least, did I know her?
Dawn. You knew her, right?
Yes, I did. And she just sent an email about that. Wow. That must be strange to have an en-gagged ref staff member.
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