Patron with no clue.

A patron calls on the phone and requests a book that her son needs for a book report.



Librarian : "What's the title of the book?"



Patron: "Prentice Hall."



Librarian: Silence.



Librarian: "I'm afraid that's the publisher of the book - not the book title. Do you have the author's name?"



Patron: "No. But we just need a story from that book."



Librarian: "Do you know the title of that story?"



Patron: "The Christmas Story"



Librarian: Deafening Silence



Sometimes it just doesn't pay to come to work.