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Patron: That book is unacceptable.
Jody: To you.

Patron: It’s gross. No one should read it.
Jody: That’s your opinion. Others might think differently.

Patron: They’re wrong!
Jody: Again, that’s just you talking about your beliefs.

Patron: Is there anyone here who might get more worked up by this exchange?

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4 thoughts on “13”

  1. Stephanie says:

    I worked at a Barnes & Noble for a while out of graduate school, but unfortunately the store closed due to an issue with the landlord who owned the building that the store was in. After the store closed, I stayed on to help pack everything up. We found two copies of the Satanic Bible that a customer had hidden on top of one of the high bookshelves in the back corner. It was hilarious because those copies had been missing for a long time (system always said there were three copies in store, but we could only ever find one). Some people will do anything to censor books that they don’t like or agree with!

    1. Kathleen Serrano says:

      By any chance was the Barnes & Noble you worked for the one on Lancaster Avenue in Bryn Mawr, PA that left in 2004 or 2005? I loved that place and I miss it to this day. I also really miss Borders. A lot!

  2. Elliot says:

    When I was a reference librarian at a medium-sized university library, one patron wanted to donate a book that he had written expressly to challenge another book the content of which he despised and wanted to negate. He insisted that his book had to be placed right next to the one he wanted to challenge.

    I told him that it was up to the cataloger of this subject area to determine if his “opus” could get the “right” call number and cutters so that it would be so strategically shelved precisely before or after his book and that there was no guarantee of this.

    I also mentioned that his gift had to be accepted by the bibliographer for the subject area involved and that some other title or titles might someday come in between his publication and the book he hated. But, he kept insisting that his creation _had_ to be placed right next to the one he wanted obliterated.

  3. Elliot says:

    Sorry, the second paragraph in my comment above should read as follows (corrected sections highlighted):

    I told him that it was up to the cataloger of this subject area to determine if his “opus” could get the “right” call number and cutters so that it would be so strategically shelved precisely before or after THE BOOK HE WANTED REBUTTED BY his book and that there was no guarantee THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

    Sorry for the confusion.

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