SMOKING IN THE LIBRARY--NOT!
A nice thing about working in a library is that no one smokes in the library. It's true we have to help stinky patrons (and why is it that the big men with big bellies like to lean in and breathe all over you?) and can't state a preference for non-smoking patrons. But I can't think of a single co-worker who smokes and that is wonderful. I think of them as the Gray People; not as in Grey's Anatomy but as the people who will eventually turn grey like the color of cigarette smoke; their skin gets that awful pallor when they are older. You can quickly tell--usually-- when a middle-aged person is a lifelong smoker.
A nice thing about working in a library is that no one smokes in the library. It's true we have to help stinky patrons (and why is it that the big men with big bellies like to lean in and breathe all over you?) and can't state a preference for non-smoking patrons. But I can't think of a single co-worker who smokes and that is wonderful. I think of them as the Gray People; not as in Grey's Anatomy but as the people who will eventually turn grey like the color of cigarette smoke; their skin gets that awful pallor when they are older. You can quickly tell--usually-- when a middle-aged person is a lifelong smoker.
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