[Publib] Urbanity

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You know you're working in an urban library when:
 
There is a very loud explosion just outside the building and nobody  
flinches.
 
You have patrons who have been shot, died of overdoses, given birth or  
conceived children, all in your library.
 
You know all the cheap brands of fortified wine, malt liquor and where they 
 are sold.
 
You can tell by look or smell what a patron has been smoking.
 
Your library has an "armed intruder" protocol.
 
You don't walk to your car alone, day or night.
 
You have kids who virtually live in your library because it is one of the  
few safe places to go, and even safer than home.
 
You realize that there are many degrees of homelessness.
 
Every day quite a few people use your lavatory as a bathhouse.
 
You have become quite used to interrupting men who are enjoying safe sex  
with themselves.
 
You know better than to wake a sleeping patron.  
 
You know exactly how to dispose of dirty diapers, used prophylactics,  
suspicious packages and drug kits.  
 
The only dog you haven't discovered in a backpack is an Irish  Wolfhound.
 
You have been cussed out in every major European and Asian language or  
dialect--at least that you can identify.
 
There are at least three very poor and neglected children that you would  
steal away with if nobody could find out.
 
You have given money to somebody because they needed to eat.
 
You can give turn-by-turn directions to any spot within five miles, and you 
 know where the buses stop, and have the train schedule memorized.
 
And you still love the place.
 
M. M. 
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