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Thursday, June 21, 2012

I Don't Always Get My Way in the Library...

I don't always get my way in the library but when I do, it's for something trivial like 'Scratch and Sniff' bookmarks.

One day I was IMing my friend at another branch, when she asks me if I sniffed the new SRP scratch and sniff bookmarks.  Scratch and sniff bookmarks!?!?  And no one has told me we had them because???  I told her to hold on and jumped up from my cube to talk to the YS librarian who was working the info desk.  I asked her if the SRP bookmarks came in and if she has smelled them.  She gives me this weird look, "Why would I smell them?"  Because they're scratch and sniff duh-doy.  So I opened up a box and took a big whiff.... nothing.
Some kid's going to be getting one scratched up bookmark...

I took it back to my desk and tried scratching at it, nothing.  So I sent a message to my friend asking if this is some cruel librarian SRP virgin hazing prank or something and she goes, "Wait, what do your bookmarks look like?"  So I sent her a pic of the scratched up one and she replied that theirs has bees on it.  Well, la-dee-da fancy ass branch with their smelly bookmarks to give away.

I guess the YS librarian must have felt some pity after seeing my utterly dejected expression, because after my shift on the info desk, I walked back to my cubicle to find the bookmark catalog opened up to this page:
Hells yea, we're getting some smell-goods!
We ended up ordering the popcorn, cotton candy, and watermelon ones.  We will be saving them for the kids that complete the summer reading program and me of course.

4 comments:

  1. There are so many things I want to say about this.

    1. I appreciate your use of duh-doy. Not sure if it's a plus or a minus that I now always hear that in Britta Perry's voice.

    2. What did you expect an astronaut bat to smell like?

    3. I have a scented pencil that smells like rootbeer. It's called a Smencil. I never use it and keep it in its little plastic case because I don't want it to lose its smell.

    4. WILL YOU SEND ME SMELLY BOOKMARKS???

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    1. 1. I love Britta, even though she's the worst!

      2. Spacey? Batty? I imagine what Buzz Aldrin would smell like, Moon Dust and kickass.

      3.I want a root-beer Smencil!

      4. Hells yes, of course you can have some smell-good bookmarks! Did you want the "honey" one too? It actually reminds me of my Grandmother's make-up table.

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  2. They won't let me get the scratch and sniff bookmarks.

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    1. That sucks, just say you "accidentally" ordered them instead of the plain old non-smelly kind.

      Would you like me to send you some smell-goods too?

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