[Publib] Can we talk about funny names for patrons?

Amy Thropp amy.thropp at integratedtek.com
Fri Sep 11 16:41:49 EDT 2009


We had a guy in one of our promo pics for a long time who not only had a
goatee but also hair that stood up like horns and we always called him "Goat
Man". He was one of our customers' regular patrons and it seemed like every
time we went onsite to take pictures, he found his way into the shot.
Amy Thropp
VP, Customer Care
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On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Audrey DeVillier
<adevilli at state.lib.la.us>wrote:

> We have "The Pterodactyl," an autistic savant in his early 20's dropped
> daily at our library by his weary grandparents.  He mainly stays on the
> computer, but when upset, he rushes through the library flapping his folded
> arms and squawking like.... a pterodactyl.
>
> We once had a summer worker who dressed in skateboarder fashion, complete
> with an oversized license-plate belt buckle that read "SPNKME."  He will
> forever be known as "Spank Me Boy."
>
> Then there's a loose contingent of guys who visit the library sans sleeves
> and also have in common a habit of trying to flirt with me through the
> glass wall separating the main library from the tech room.  A circ employee
> noticed this and dubbed them "Audrey Jo's Tank Top Posse."  (I wish I knew
> what attracted them so I could do the opposite!)
>
> A.J.
>
>
> Audrey Jo DeVillier
> Head of Technical Processing
> Iberville Parish Library
> 24605  J. Gerald Berret Blvd.
> Plaquemine, LA  70765-0736
> (225) 687-2520
>
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