At the library. . .

[servermonkey]

I was picking up a copy of Call of the Mall (by Paco Underhill, who wrote Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping), and Wicked when I overheard a short exchange between a patron and two of the reference desk staff.

"I'm looking for the History of the U.S."

Puzzled look, and then, "Do you have a specific title or author that you were looking. . ."

"That's all he said, THE U.S. History book," the woman interjected.

The two ladies at the counter then proceeded to patiently try and figure out which book could possibly be the right one. In the meantime, they allowed Mrs. or Ms. Book Searcher to use the phone to call and see which book was being searched for--I wanted to stay and see what came of this situation. I wanted to know if it was the lady's son or professor and what was being searched for.

Didn't have time, though.

Comments

brilliant

[mineral777.livejournal.com]

I hate stupid people there are thousand of "the US history" books out there and there is not just one and if there was it would be freaking huge

Re: brilliant

[servermonkey.livejournal.com]

But surely, the library would have THE U.S. History book, in large print, even.

Re: brilliant

[mineral777.livejournal.com]

and using story book characters to tell the story in a nice clean and happy view of history

Re: brilliant

[servermonkey.livejournal.com]

Or, a Schoolhouse Rock version?

I keep thinking about a song that's about manifest destiny.

Re: Schoolhouse rock

[mineral777.livejournal.com]

what in the world is that?
some sort of Republican indoctriantion tool?
something out of 1984

Dude!

[servermonkey.livejournal.com]

Schoolhouse Rock! (http://www.postdiluvian.org/~gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/schoolhouse.html), yo.