Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Library Stalkers

Stalkers in the library although rare do occur from time to time. Our Branch Manager was gently stalked by an elderly man who took one look at her and professed his undying love for her. As a symbol of his undying love he would write her erotic poetry in spanish. Ewww... Muy Creepy.

To be labeled by our staff as a stalker, a patron would have to ask for a certain staff member at least 5-10 times a day. There was one point where many of our young pages were being approached with unwanted advances by certain old icky "I can treat you right because I'm experienced" men. Thankfully our Branch Manager, as well as the rest of the unstalked staff would run interference and the cubic zirconia engagement rings I got for the girls helped as well.

Lately though we've had a new stalker. His name is Mr. Hoe. Mr. Hoe is a new regular. He is in his mid twenties and always reeking of nicotine. He’s one of those quiet crazies. You know the ones you really have to watch out for. We first encountered him shortly after his release from a mental institution. How do we know this? Our astute staff can spot medical bracelets from 30 yards. Lately he has become Sarah's stalker. Sarah is one of our new pages, blonde, pretty, always fashionably dressed and oh yeah, jail bait you nut job. We first realized his unhealthy obsession with Sarah when she began receiving such gifts as Mr. Hoe’s hair clippers and a note consisting of a piece of sandpaper with the words HI scratched upon it. He askes about the "Hot Blonde" at the circulation desk. He is now requesting to become a volunteer so that he can work with Sarah. Yeah Buddy, like that’s ever going to happen.

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