"I'm Looking For A Book, I Don't Remember The Title But I Think It's A Blue Book."

-said to me by a customer when I worked at Doubleday Bookstore


I worked at the library today and fielded a lot of phone calls from people asking if we had a specific book. One conversation went like this:

Me: "Public Library, this is Colleen."

Shaky voice on phone: "I'm wondering if you have this book. It's called Wicca For Dummies. I'm sure it's about making candles. Can you get it for me?"

Me: (silence) I am trying to think of a way to tell this old lady that the book she is asking for is not about making candles but about the Wiccan religion.

Non-shaky voice on phone: "Colleen, it's me," then laughter.

It's my sister. I start laughing too. She got me.