At the Washington Branch. Woman comes up to the desk and returns a couple of DVDs and some books on the Ancient Greeks. (I SWEAR I am not making this up!!! On the grave of my unborn child)
Geographical Marvel Girl: "Umm...yeah...I got a problem with these books. They weren't good enough."
Me: "What seems to be the problem?"
GMG: (Holding up one of the offending volumes) "I needed books on Ancient Greece. This is Greek"
Me: (Not understanding the problem) "You need books on Ancient Greece?"
GMG: "And the people who lived there."
Me: "So Greeks."
GMG: (Getting angry and looking at me like I'm stupid) "Not Greeks. Greece! The teacher said this book wasn't good enough."
Me: (Thinking it's for a college assignment or something. Not like she'd ever make it far in college. The books are YA, so maybe the reading level was too basic) "So what type of school is this for?"
GMG: "Middle School. My son's teacher said he needed books on Greece. This about Greek."
Me: (Trying oh so desperately to understand) "Ma'am, Greeks lived in Greece. The name of the people who lived in Greece was Greek. It's like how Americans live in America."
GMG: (Her brain straining to comprehend) "Look at this title. It says Greek. I need books on Greece"
Finally, another librarian came in for the assist and helped her find more books. But this brings up some problematic points. Is my brother-in-law half-Greek, or half-Greece? How close in proximity are the two countries? Are Greece/Greek international relations heated?
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Ha ha ha...love it! Hope she doesn't have to come back for books on Ancient Rome, because those weird "Romans" that keep making appearances in those books would really throw her off!
Nice blog. In this blog, I observed the conversation between the librarian and student who want some books to know about the greece people. Thanks for sharing. Apart from this article, I learned about hammerhead shark which is the largest of all hammerhead species.
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