h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Man, people can be stupid!

Take this incident at work yesterday.

Stupid person comes over to me at the information desk,
SP: 'Excuse me, but are those two computers over there working?'

Me: 'Um, you mean the ones with the "Out of Order" signs on them?'

SP: 'Yes.'

Me: 'No, they're not working.'

???!!!

Another one recently.

SP: 'I've been looking my account up on the internet, and I can't seem to see the books I've borrowed. Only the ones I have on hold.'

I investigate his card, only to find he hasn't borrowed any books!

Man these are good! This is what you should make your group about...except it's pretty well covered by ICARUS isn't it.

I love the constant questions asking are your computers down when you're writing down all the barcodes from the books they are borrowing. *sweet voice*'No, I enjoy writing out all the barcodes, taking 10 times as long to get rid of stupid people like yourself and giving myself writer cramp in the bargain.'

I love even more the people who know how to fix the problem, and are willing to take the time to tell you.

oh wonderous....I like the ones ( and we have a few here) that ask you why the computers won't do such and such...when you inform them of your own illiteracy on the subject take it upon themselves to spout off the half-truths they've picked up listen to two tech head talking in a pub or something similar.

Not exactly a stupid person...but a weirdo of great porportions from Darwin State Library.

The patron come in and lean over the desk so you can see the food he was eating at lunch (and probably breakfast)between his teeth. Breaking into your body space he then asks if the library does faxing. Darwin don't, so he asks can the staff help him find the fax number for the American Embassy, which they do.

He then explains he works on the docks at Darwin and has seen spies lurking about. Worse than that, he has a time machine he has been working on and they're trying to steal his plans.

When he asks do you want to see his time machines he shows a photograph of a bicycle with saddle bags and a large reflector on the front. It seems if you peddle really hard and tell it where you want to go, you get there.

Another day, he wanted information on what mutirentsare found in different foods. Easy done. So, this time he has a food machine, that makes food....whatever you like, and it's all kept down at the docks where he works.

It turns out he's a poor bugger on a charity case. He cleans the docks and has a broom cupboard where his 'inventions' are kept.

It also turns out that Darwin is filled with his sort...sounds like an interesting town doesn't it.

It takes all sorts.

Yes, and they all come to libraries.