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

[Terry Wirick]

Since we moved into our current building, we don't seem to have the characters that we had at our old building.  Here are some of the patrons that we had.
 
Mr. Purple Pants - a gentleman who wore purple jogging shorts when we would see him outside the library.  We thought he was a street person, but he was better groomed then the other street people we had as patrons.
 
Black Irish - a gentleman who would ask us often for the meaning of the term, 'Black Irish'.
 
Law by Mail - a lady who asked if she could get a law degree by mail, because she wanted to handle all her legal problems by herself.  I would like to tell more about her, but it would take too long.  Her exploits are legendary among the staff who dealt with her.
 
Mr. Hypochondriac - another legendary patron.  He would call and ask for the symptoms of a disease (a new one just about every time he would call).  We would tell him that he should talk to his doctor, to which he would reply, I'm going to see my doctor this afternoon.  It went on for a long time.  I wanted to ask him, since you have all these medical problems, how are you still alive?
 
As much as an annoyance as some of these patrons were, they did spice up a day. 
 
Terry
Erie County Public Library
 
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