[Publib] re: Pets in Libraries

[George Hazelton]

I seem to recall a case, I believe here in Georgia, in which a mother who
had refused to "curb" her rambunctious child, tripped over her own child and
broke a bone.  Of course she sued the libtrary - obviously it was the
library's fault for not restraining her child.  And, mirabale dictu the
judge awarded her damages!

 

George Hazelton
Assistant Director
Henry County Public Library System
1001 Florence McGarity Pkwy
McDonough, GA 30252
Phone: 678-432-5353
FAX: 678-432-6153
email: grhazelton at mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us

-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Kathleen McCorkle
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:50 AM
To: Sharon Foster; PubLib
Subject: Re: [Publib] re: Pets in Libraries

To be fair there is always the danger of tripping over a small child at 
times also:-)

Kathleen

Have You Tripped Over Your Dog? - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
Mar 27, 2009 ... A new study shows that more than 86000 people a year
end up in the emergency room because they tripped over the family pet.
...
well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/have-you-tripped-over-your-dog/?em


Sharon M. Foster, 91.7% Librarian
Speaker-to-Computers
http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/






On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Kathleen McCorkle
<sedanlib at terraworld.net> wrote:
> I have a friend who broke an ankle when he tripped over one of his wife's
> small dogs and upon getting home after surgery and a hospital stay he saw
> she had gotten another little dog asked her" are you trying to kill me?"
>
> That is all we would need is for someone to put their dog down for "just a
> second" and have someone with a walker or just anyone turn around and trip
> over a pet.
>
> Kathleen at Sedan
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Knieriem, Lesley"
> <lknieriem at rogersark.org>
> To: <publib at webjunction.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:24 AM
> Subject: RE: [Publib] re: Pets in Libraries
>
>
> Not to be utterly humorless, but I wish that people wouldn't use
> "allergic" in this sense, any more than "addicted" in the sense of "I'm
> addicted to my Thursday-night television line-up."
>
> People who have pet allergies are not animal-hating curmudgeons who just
> can't appreciate other people's cute widdle pets. My husband could
> quite literally die if exposed to excessive cat dander without his
> medications.
>
> And dog bites aren't particularly funny, either; I don't get a big
> chuckle out of my scars.
>
> Grumpily yours,
>
> Lesley Knieriem
> Rogers Public Library
> Rogers AR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avery Hicks [mailto:ahicks at wrl.org]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:20 AM
> To: Lise Chlebanowski
> Cc: publib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Publib] re: Pets in Libraries
>
> I have no problems with dogs or cats, but I do believe I'm highly
> allergic to screaming babies and toddlers. They give me quite a
> headache for some reason.
>
>
>
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