On Our Visit to the Library....

We had our yearly orientation in the library today, which provided ample opportunity for the ridiculous:

Librarian: "What do you think goes in the cups by the computers?"

B: "Pens!"

P: "Pencils!"

Librarian: "Ok, so what do you think doesn't belong in the cups?"

J: "Trash."

K: "Candy wrappers."

T: "Tomato sauce."

Librarian: "What?! Well, yes, tomato sauce definitely doesn't belong there."


Meanwhile, at another table...

H: "No man, I know you have it!"

G: "Check my bag, I told you I don't."

Librarian: (to me) "I think we have a 4th-grade argument developing over here."

Me: "What's going on, guys?"

H: "I had three pens out here, and now my black pen is MISSING. And I know he took it!"

G: (holding out all the pens in his pencil pouch) "He can look in here--none of these are his."

H: "Well, then, where did it go? I had it right here on the table!"

Me: "Okay, just calm down. Look under the table; everybody lift up your notebooks."

Students at Table: (lift binders, notebooks, folders, pens, etc.)

H: (looks in his pencil pouch, looks up sheepishly) "Um. Actually, it's in here. Sooooo never mind."

Me: "...."

G: "I TOLD YOU."