Anti-Lingual Man and the Search for Recovery

Recovery Inc. is a group therapy program that comes to Kearns Library every Saturday to help people recovering from Depression.

Well, Anit-Lingual Man found a mystery and felt a need to solve it. Being a bit inebriated, he wobbled from employee to employee until he came to me asking about the crazy, depressed group that was meeting at the library. I told him about the program and gladly sent him back to get enrolled. We didn't quite understand if he was interested in getting some help, which we would love to grant him, or if he was about to terrorize them and tell them that crazies aren't aloud in the library... either way, we figured any help from some professionals would help.

Stay tuned as we follow Anti-Lingual Man from his search for Recovery, to, we hope, a Change of Heart....

The New Library Card

A man comes in and wants to get a new card. Yes, he had one before and lost it. I know, I know, it's one of the worst sins to lose a library card.

Well, we looked him up on the computer and he had a significant fine. He said, "Well, I want a new card."

We explained to him that he would have to pay off his fines first. He noded in understanding and walked back to our library catolog computers and we figured that was that.

He returned a few minutes later and requested a new library card.

We looked up in amazment.

"Okay, we'll have to pay the fines first and then we'll get you the new card."

He turned red, "But, I just signed up for a new card! I don't want to pay for that old one"

We almost couldn't control our laughter. People can be so creative, it amazes me.