[OPLINLIST] You know you work in a rural library if...

[Susan Pieper]

Hello all,
The Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) is gathering your best
finish to this sentence: "You know you work in a rural library if..." Some
of the great ones we've received from around the country include:

...you have a newborn baby goat in your office at the library because it was
rejected by its mother, and you are bottle feeding it.
… you are late to work because you had to drop animals off at the sale barn.
… you need to leave early to take your kids and their livestock to the 4-H
weigh in.
… you come to work with chicken poop somewhere on your person.
… a patron had to pay for a damaged book because it fell in the sheep dip.
… you stay open when the electricity is out because people will be in for
books to read until the power is back on.
… it doesn’t surprise you when the reason for power outage is because a
combine took out a telephone pole.
... staff members know the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins of the
kid checking out books.
... you know and call the owner when a dog wanders into the library.
... staff members can walk to any store downtown during their break.
... patrons bring you vegetables from their gardens.
... people bring by new babies AND pets to show the staff
... your bookmobile has had to wait for a flock of sheep to clear the road
... your bookmobile has mowed down a flock of guineas  (They saw the sheep
in time, but the guineas never had a chance)

What can you come up with? Please e-mail them to me. They will be compiled
and offered in some sort of format.
Thanks in advance! Looking forward to your answers!
Susan
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Susan Hill Pieper
Director/Editor
Paulding County Carnegie Library
205 S Main St
Paulding, Ohio 45879
419-399-2032 voice 419-3999-2114 fax
www.pauldingcountylibrary.org
Rural Library Services Newsletter
ALA Councilor-at-Large
PLA Executive Board
ARSL Ex-Officio Board Member
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