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orleans

(36,974 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 03:39 PM Yesterday

"I shouldn't have. I really, really shouldn't have. It goes against the basic rules of librarianship. "


posted april 6, 2026




I shouldn't have.

I really, really shouldn't have.

It goes against the basic rules of librarianship.

But I couldn't help it. There's a certain type of person who, when they ask if we have any books by Rush Limbaugh, makes me respond with, "Could you spell that? I'm not familiar with them."

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I am proud that, for my entire career, when someone asked for Ayn Rand I refrained from saying: "If you can't find it yourself, she doesn't want you to have it."

Jeff Schwartz (@jeff-schwartz.bsky.social) 2026-04-06T17:00:48.817Z







I once had somebody walk up to me at the reference desk and ask for redemption. It took me a second to realize they were looking for the religion books, not absolution from overdue fines

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"Yes, we have books by Rush."

Eli Balin (@elibalin.bsky.social) 2026-04-06T16:20:12.876Z


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"I shouldn't have. I really, really shouldn't have. It goes against the basic rules of librarianship. " (Original Post) orleans Yesterday OP
Last name is spelled BIMBO mdbl Yesterday #1
Oh, I'm sure every librarian has stories like this. erronis Yesterday #2
I'm impressed conservatives would even know where to find their local library IronLionZion Yesterday #3
lol! thanks for the laugh nt orleans Yesterday #6
Mr. Schwartz's reference to Alisa Rosenbaum... GiqueCee Yesterday #4
You would appreciate my husband's tshirt ms liberty Yesterday #5

erronis

(23,951 posts)
2. Oh, I'm sure every librarian has stories like this.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 06:24 PM
Yesterday

They must have great senses of humor -- mainly repressed.

GiqueCee

(4,328 posts)
4. Mr. Schwartz's reference to Alisa Rosenbaum...
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 06:30 PM
Yesterday

... also known as Ayn Rand, brought to mind that I once met that evil witch. I was a young, wet-behind-the-ears tag-along whom she barely acknowledged at a meet-and-greet following a malicious diatribe she was actually paid to deliver. My employers were rabid "Objectivists", and strongly encouraged me to accompany them to her talk. This was in '68 or '69, I think; somewhere in the way back when.
She was repulsive. My estimation of my employers took a nose dive after hearing her belittle people who were altruistic, among other things.

ms liberty

(11,254 posts)
5. You would appreciate my husband's tshirt
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 07:02 PM
Yesterday

It's captioned "Good Rush/Bad Rush, and underneath is a picture of Rush/picture of Lying Liar Limbaugh.

It's black, with white graphics. That's the only reason I haven't appropriated it. I look awful in black.



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