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quidditchgrrl) wrote2006-05-09 11:30 am
quidditchgrrl) wrote2006-05-09 11:30 am
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Working at the library (or with the public in general), you run across a lot of gross and disgusting things.
Library books are in many ways like hotel rooms - made to be treated badly, then left for the next person to clean up.
Things one finds in library books...the rarest being bookmarks.
Yesterday, I pulled off what looked at first to be tape with writing on it. Once it was off, it turned out to be a used nitroglycerin patch. Yummy. :-&
Things I have found in books:
Nitroglycerin patch, used
Smoking patch, used and unused
Drug information for: Halidol, Viagra, Cialis, Adderall XR, Ritalin, Ambien, Marinol
Toilet paper, from large sheets to tiny scraps, thankfully never used
Tissues, both used and unused
Paper towels/napkins, both used and unused
Condoms, wrapped
Condoms, unwrapped but not used
Condom packages
Q-tips, used and unused (one used one had left an oily spot on the pages, yargh)
Family photos (you would not BELIEVE how many of these we find in books)
Gift certificates/cards from: Old Navy, Max and Erma's, Johnny Rockets, Damon's
Every kind of card and letter imaginable
Boarding Passes with flier information (they used to list SSN on them, yeah? I think the older ones we found did)
Checks, cancelled and not
Envelopes stuffed with cash (you can imagine how much trouble the guy who left $500 in a library book was in once we'd called his wife to report it)
Student IDs - one looked to be an OSU ID from the mid-late 80s
Court summons
Food, from Fruit Roll-Ups to sunflower seeds to an entire buttermilk biscuit smashed into a book (probably thought we'd never notice)
Hair of every type (yes, even THAT kind...ew!)
Band-Aids, both used and unused
Cotton balls, unused
Packet of Italian dressing mix
I'll add to this if I can find the list I used to keep...
I need a shower now. :\
Library books are in many ways like hotel rooms - made to be treated badly, then left for the next person to clean up.
Things one finds in library books...the rarest being bookmarks.
Yesterday, I pulled off what looked at first to be tape with writing on it. Once it was off, it turned out to be a used nitroglycerin patch. Yummy. :-&
Things I have found in books:
Nitroglycerin patch, used
Smoking patch, used and unused
Drug information for: Halidol, Viagra, Cialis, Adderall XR, Ritalin, Ambien, Marinol
Toilet paper, from large sheets to tiny scraps, thankfully never used
Tissues, both used and unused
Paper towels/napkins, both used and unused
Condoms, wrapped
Condoms, unwrapped but not used
Condom packages
Q-tips, used and unused (one used one had left an oily spot on the pages, yargh)
Family photos (you would not BELIEVE how many of these we find in books)
Gift certificates/cards from: Old Navy, Max and Erma's, Johnny Rockets, Damon's
Every kind of card and letter imaginable
Boarding Passes with flier information (they used to list SSN on them, yeah? I think the older ones we found did)
Checks, cancelled and not
Envelopes stuffed with cash (you can imagine how much trouble the guy who left $500 in a library book was in once we'd called his wife to report it)
Student IDs - one looked to be an OSU ID from the mid-late 80s
Court summons
Food, from Fruit Roll-Ups to sunflower seeds to an entire buttermilk biscuit smashed into a book (probably thought we'd never notice)
Hair of every type (yes, even THAT kind...ew!)
Band-Aids, both used and unused
Cotton balls, unused
Packet of Italian dressing mix
I'll add to this if I can find the list I used to keep...
I need a shower now. :\