::sigh::

As you know, we have had our differences with the library in the past. Today certainly wasn’t that bad. It was more of an annoyance than anything.

After braving torrential downpours with my two children, we finally made it into the library only to find that the entire children’s section was closed, due to “lack of air conditioning”.

Me: “Can’t we just go in for a few minutes and pick out a few books?”
Library worker: “There’s no air conditioning in there.”
Me: ::blank stare::
Library worker: “You could tell the librarian which books you wanted and she could get them for you.” (Assumedly in her fire-proof asbestos suit, or else how could she possibly?)
Me: “…we don’t really know what books we wanted.”
Library worker: “You could look them up on the computer.”

What good is a library that doesn’t let you look at the books??

Now I certainly can understand not wanting people to sit around all day in there on the computer or something. So put a sign up, by all means. But to blockade the place because it’s a little hot?

The building was built in 1896!! Did they wait until air conditioning was invented to open the doors??