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Our kids room should be a great place for parents and kids to play/read together. Usually it's the parents one the computers and the kids (esp. if they are like 2 or 3) bored out of their minds and also hungry. But no, mom has to watch YouTube or dad has to be on facebook or the neighbor's cousin's babysitter has to play some game online.
But the rule is, you have to be with a kid to stay in the Kids Room. YOu have no kid, you can come in and get books and get out. Though a lot of teachers (who did not bring a kid) get pissed that they can't stay. They of course say, "I'm a school teacher! Why can't I stay!"
There was this "family" in the Kids Room all summer. We allow family with the kid in the room and of course there are people who don't know the kid tagging along with their friend that has the kid.
Before school started I see a guy come in and looks like he has no kid. I go up to him and say, "sir, I see you don't have a kid with you. You would have to leave." He said, "I'm here to pick up that kid." The kid with the family, which includes about 2 adults. The kid signals that this is true.
Man is there for 4 hours. Yeah, right, picking up the kid. You just don't want to wait for a computer downstairs. Luckily that day there were a lot of parents so he did have to wait his turn several times when his time ran out. And opps, while I was checking his time-left several times, seems I accidently decreased his time by 5-10 min.
School starts and the kid and family and ride are there. Librarian there asks this boy, "what school district you go to?" He says, "W," (which happens to be 30 miles from our location; I know that area has libraries). Librarain looks online and says, "I see today is the first day of school for that school district. You can't be here during school hours.
So far as I know, they havn't come back.
So I had to be in the Kids Room yesterday. About 5 min. till I get replaced (which really is 10 min., because no one can be bothered to get to the desk on time) I get a call. We don't have a direct line; they would have to have called Telephone Ref. and a librarian should have asked if there was something they could help them with before transferring the call. I answer and the woman hasquestions about things that have nothing to do with the Kids Room. I tell her that, that I only answer questions about the Kids Room or items in the Kids Room. So she wants to know if we have Farmville 2 on dvd. I look it up and tell her "no," then I send her back to the main no. so she can ask her questions to them.
Then a family walk in. Mom, her youngish daughter and daughters 2 kids.
youngish daughter (YD): I need my library card no. They said I could get it here.
me: I need to see your drivers liscense or id
yd: they didn't tell me I need to show my id *with attitude*
me: I'm not making this up.
yd: the woman that's always at the door told me you can look it up.
me: you mean the guard?
yd: no, she's a librarian. She is always there.
WE don't have a librarian at the door, and they are not always the same person all the time, we take turns. Looking at patron's record, she just got the card a few days ago. I doubt she's been here more than 2x, so she doesn't even have an idea who is at the door. I hope she didn't lose the card already but that's wishful thinking.
me: Also, you can ask for your number downstairs.
yd: *takes no, can't bother with a "Thank YOu."
REally, you are arguing about showing your id? So I should just take your word that you say you are who you are.
But the rule is, you have to be with a kid to stay in the Kids Room. YOu have no kid, you can come in and get books and get out. Though a lot of teachers (who did not bring a kid) get pissed that they can't stay. They of course say, "I'm a school teacher! Why can't I stay!"
There was this "family" in the Kids Room all summer. We allow family with the kid in the room and of course there are people who don't know the kid tagging along with their friend that has the kid.
Before school started I see a guy come in and looks like he has no kid. I go up to him and say, "sir, I see you don't have a kid with you. You would have to leave." He said, "I'm here to pick up that kid." The kid with the family, which includes about 2 adults. The kid signals that this is true.
Man is there for 4 hours. Yeah, right, picking up the kid. You just don't want to wait for a computer downstairs. Luckily that day there were a lot of parents so he did have to wait his turn several times when his time ran out. And opps, while I was checking his time-left several times, seems I accidently decreased his time by 5-10 min.
School starts and the kid and family and ride are there. Librarian there asks this boy, "what school district you go to?" He says, "W," (which happens to be 30 miles from our location; I know that area has libraries). Librarain looks online and says, "I see today is the first day of school for that school district. You can't be here during school hours.
So far as I know, they havn't come back.
So I had to be in the Kids Room yesterday. About 5 min. till I get replaced (which really is 10 min., because no one can be bothered to get to the desk on time) I get a call. We don't have a direct line; they would have to have called Telephone Ref. and a librarian should have asked if there was something they could help them with before transferring the call. I answer and the woman hasquestions about things that have nothing to do with the Kids Room. I tell her that, that I only answer questions about the Kids Room or items in the Kids Room. So she wants to know if we have Farmville 2 on dvd. I look it up and tell her "no," then I send her back to the main no. so she can ask her questions to them.
Then a family walk in. Mom, her youngish daughter and daughters 2 kids.
youngish daughter (YD): I need my library card no. They said I could get it here.
me: I need to see your drivers liscense or id
yd: they didn't tell me I need to show my id *with attitude*
me: I'm not making this up.
yd: the woman that's always at the door told me you can look it up.
me: you mean the guard?
yd: no, she's a librarian. She is always there.
WE don't have a librarian at the door, and they are not always the same person all the time, we take turns. Looking at patron's record, she just got the card a few days ago. I doubt she's been here more than 2x, so she doesn't even have an idea who is at the door. I hope she didn't lose the card already but that's wishful thinking.
me: Also, you can ask for your number downstairs.
yd: *takes no, can't bother with a "Thank YOu."
REally, you are arguing about showing your id? So I should just take your word that you say you are who you are.
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