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I'm an intern at a museum and I'm sorting through their archives looking for things they don't have to keep (duplicate newsletters, etc) and it's generally interesting as most of the stuff is really neat old newspapers and letters between experts in fields. As I sit in the library/research area of the museum a lot of people tend to come in, see me sitting at the table with thousands of papers, hundreds of folders, and dozens of boxes and assume I know all.
I'm 20 years old in a T-shirt and jeans and flip flops looking over all my boxes perplexed and a guy walks in, looks at me and this ensues.
Sucky Guy: Looking for...something.
Me: Hi.
Librarian Lady: A gentle soft woman who speaks very very softly.
SG: Hey, you, maybe you can help me.
Me:
Me? Um...well...
SG: What? Are you the manager or something?
Me: No...could you...sign the guestbook? They ask everyone to sign it.
SG: Guestbook?! What is this!?
Me: Ummm uhh.
SG: Can't you help me? I'm looking for [something I can't decipher]
Me: Well no, I'm not the manager or archivist.
SG: Oh this is all the OLD STUFF? I need to get into that.
Me: Let me find someone to help you. I'm just an intern.
SG: AH.
LL: Hello, could you sign the guestbook please? Are you a member?
SG: A Member of what?
LL: If you're not a member and you want to use the research materials in the library you'll have to pay.
SG: I'm not paying for anything. I'm looking for this stuff and I need to get it.
LL: Well if you're not a member you'll have to pay just 5 dollars.
SG: I ain't payin' you five dollars.
LL: I can do research for you if you'd like but if you want to be in here and you haven't been through the exhibits you'll have to pay.
SG: I'm NOT PAYING.
LL: Well Sir, that's how it works.
SG: *stunned for a few moments and then leaves*
Me:
LL came back in afterward after walking after him and she was all chuckling and everything. It kinda surprised me she told him exactly how it was. She seems so soft and easily bowled over.
I'm 20 years old in a T-shirt and jeans and flip flops looking over all my boxes perplexed and a guy walks in, looks at me and this ensues.
Sucky Guy: Looking for...something.
Me: Hi.
Librarian Lady: A gentle soft woman who speaks very very softly.
SG: Hey, you, maybe you can help me.
Me:
Me? Um...well...SG: What? Are you the manager or something?
Me: No...could you...sign the guestbook? They ask everyone to sign it.
SG: Guestbook?! What is this!?
Me: Ummm uhh.
SG: Can't you help me? I'm looking for [something I can't decipher]
Me: Well no, I'm not the manager or archivist.
SG: Oh this is all the OLD STUFF? I need to get into that.
Me: Let me find someone to help you. I'm just an intern.
SG: AH.
LL: Hello, could you sign the guestbook please? Are you a member?
SG: A Member of what?
LL: If you're not a member and you want to use the research materials in the library you'll have to pay.
SG: I'm not paying for anything. I'm looking for this stuff and I need to get it.
LL: Well if you're not a member you'll have to pay just 5 dollars.
SG: I ain't payin' you five dollars.
LL: I can do research for you if you'd like but if you want to be in here and you haven't been through the exhibits you'll have to pay.
SG: I'm NOT PAYING.
LL: Well Sir, that's how it works.
SG: *stunned for a few moments and then leaves*
Me:
LL came back in afterward after walking after him and she was all chuckling and everything. It kinda surprised me she told him exactly how it was. She seems so soft and easily bowled over.
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