[PW] Thank you gifts

[Barbara Bussart]

I've had a gift certificate for a bakery in town, a basket with a "desk
garden", and this past Christmas, a gentleman whom I help frequently with
finding possible prices for "art" that he has found at yard sales or
purchased years ago brought me a basket with the weirdest collection of
stuff - two religious figurines, a beany baby, a teddy bear, a coffee cup
with a kitchen towel in it, a "painting", a packet of kleenex, a lint
roller, and various other non-themed things.
We also have a lovely little lady who frequents a remainders store and
brings us really old candy about 4 times a year.

Barb Bussart
Woonsocket Harris Public LIbrary
Woonsocket, RI

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Nancy Jo Leachman <nancyjo at salpublib.org>
wrote:

> This is for me.
>
> Inspired by some stories we were telling in the staff room the other day,
> I've decided to compile a list of presents reference librarians have
> received to thank them for help with a question, or some kind of service.
> I'd love it if you sent me your stories. You can send them off list, and I
> will compile them and share the compilation with anyone who'd like a copy.
>
> I'm sure many of us have had people try to tip us. I'm not interest so
> much in that.  And I wasn't thinking of things like cookies for the dept. at
> Christmas. I'm going for unique.
>
> Here's a personal example.  I had a patron who was fired-on-the-spot for
> failing a drug test. She tested positive for meth.  She tried to explain
> that she was on a prescription drug for a respiratory ailment, but they
> wouldn't listen.  She called the ref desk and I found a site that mentioned
> the exact drug she was taking and it said that it could cause false
> positives for meth.  She took the print-out back to work, threatened a
> law-suit, and was re-hired on the spot. She sent me flowers that afternoon.
>  Recently a patron walked in with a milk shake f(rom the Dairy Queen across
> the street) for a staffer for getting some hard-to-find books on ILL.(We've
> been watching for that same patron ever since and will probably fight over
> who gets to help her next time:)
>
> If you send me a story, I will put it in the compilation. So if you don't
> want it shared, don't send it.  Thanks in advance. I think this will be
> great fun.
>
>
>
> Nancy Jo Leachman
> Salina Public Library
> 301 W. Elm
> Salina, KS 67401
>
> 785 825-4624
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Barbara J. Bussart
Chief Information and Adult Services Librarian
Woonsocket Harris Public Library
303 Clinton St.
Woonsocket, RI 02895
401-767-4124 (voice)
401-767-4120 (fax)
http://www.woonsocketlibrary.org
barbarbt at gmail.com