A lady called from the parking lot to see if we had any books on how to write thank you notes. I let her know that we had several etiquette books that would adequately cover her request.
"But I'm writing to my pastor, so it needs to be the best book you have."
I replied that we had the newest edition of Emily Post's Etiquette and several other titles available - we even had a book on Catholic etiquette. After praising Jesus, she said she'd be right in to look at the books.
She approached the desk and I took her to the 395s and showed her how to use the index to find the appropriate sections for composing thank you notes. I had only left her a few minutes before she found me again at the desk and said, "Those books are useless. No examples at all! [editor's note: false] I need to know how to talk to my pastor."
She lamented that she couldn't find anything anywhere ("Not even the internet - can you imagine?! What a shame!") and what was the point of a library if they didn't have books on how to compose a religious thank you note.
I offered to look on the internet for something more satisfactory than Emily Post and she was pleased when I stumbled upon an example from the Etiquette Grrls' book More Things You Need To Be Told.
Emily, grrl, you got some competition.
"But I'm writing to my pastor, so it needs to be the best book you have."
I replied that we had the newest edition of Emily Post's Etiquette and several other titles available - we even had a book on Catholic etiquette. After praising Jesus, she said she'd be right in to look at the books.
She approached the desk and I took her to the 395s and showed her how to use the index to find the appropriate sections for composing thank you notes. I had only left her a few minutes before she found me again at the desk and said, "Those books are useless. No examples at all! [editor's note: false] I need to know how to talk to my pastor."
She lamented that she couldn't find anything anywhere ("Not even the internet - can you imagine?! What a shame!") and what was the point of a library if they didn't have books on how to compose a religious thank you note.
I offered to look on the internet for something more satisfactory than Emily Post and she was pleased when I stumbled upon an example from the Etiquette Grrls' book More Things You Need To Be Told.
Emily, grrl, you got some competition.
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