welshdean
Michael McDonald 1967 - 2021
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I've just returned from my weekly sojourn at my local library, trouble is it could be my penultimate visit.
I like to think that I'm a helpful chap and as such I often go out of my way to assist others less fortunate than myself, wether that be physically, financially or intellectually. As part of this ethos, I have, for the last eight weeks, been helping the librarians out by properly classifying books for them and locating them in their rightful place. You'd think that they'd be grateful but oh no, not at all, I've been told today that if i do it one more time my membership will be revoked.
I often peruse the '(auto)Biographical and Non-fiction sections and stumbled across 'If you could see what I can[t] see' by The Talons, flanked by 'Ghosts of Britain', various psychic books, dream analysis tosh and other such crapola in the Non-Fiction section (as I do every week). So I take it upon myself to assist the librarians and move them to their rightful place, Fiction! I've been doing this each and every week for the last two months and today it came to a head.
The head librarian asked me what I was doing and why do I persist on doing it. I politely replied that the books were obviously not Non-Fiction and would make it harder for potential borrowers to locate and read. Amazingly she then shouted, very loudly 'Of course they're Non-Fiction, you may dismisss the weight of evidence, but I don't! When I asked her how it was that we have photographic evidence of very rare events and even video of lightening striking the same place twice, yet with almost 80% of the population in possession of both a still and video camera (mobile phone), we still had no photgraphical or video evidence at all of ghosts, ghoulies and things that go bump in the night. How is it that a celebrated 'medium/psychic' such as Sylvia Brown had been proven to be a fake and no physcic had ever proven their abilities. Ergo this rubbish should be in the fiction section.
She then lost it, started shouting that if I had that particular point of view then how could I expect to be taken seriously! I kid you not.
It was at this point that two [female] patrons came over and insisted that ghosts were real and one of them had seen one and that it psychics were fakes how come that they had such large and loyal fan bases, "How could I explain Derek Acorah"
I was so dumbfounded, I was lost for words. When I eventually explained that these books should have their own special section, the 'Deluded and gullible fools" section I was ordered to put the books down, make my selection and leave as I was disturbing the patrons (I was talking in a hushed voice throughout the discussion, they were shouting). When I got to the checkout I was informed that If I were to continue moving books and disturbing the tranquility of the library I would not be welcome and my membership revoked.
What struck me as odd was the venom in their voices and the twisted rage on their faces. I remained very calm throughout, yet all three of the fools had completely lost the plot. How the gullible defend their stupidity will never cease to amaze me.
BTW, I'm posting this from my phone and layout and proof reading is difficult on a bus, please accept my apologies for any spelling, grammatical or other such annoyances. I'll format and check thoroughly when I get home later on today.
I like to think that I'm a helpful chap and as such I often go out of my way to assist others less fortunate than myself, wether that be physically, financially or intellectually. As part of this ethos, I have, for the last eight weeks, been helping the librarians out by properly classifying books for them and locating them in their rightful place. You'd think that they'd be grateful but oh no, not at all, I've been told today that if i do it one more time my membership will be revoked.
I often peruse the '(auto)Biographical and Non-fiction sections and stumbled across 'If you could see what I can[t] see' by The Talons, flanked by 'Ghosts of Britain', various psychic books, dream analysis tosh and other such crapola in the Non-Fiction section (as I do every week). So I take it upon myself to assist the librarians and move them to their rightful place, Fiction! I've been doing this each and every week for the last two months and today it came to a head.
The head librarian asked me what I was doing and why do I persist on doing it. I politely replied that the books were obviously not Non-Fiction and would make it harder for potential borrowers to locate and read. Amazingly she then shouted, very loudly 'Of course they're Non-Fiction, you may dismisss the weight of evidence, but I don't! When I asked her how it was that we have photographic evidence of very rare events and even video of lightening striking the same place twice, yet with almost 80% of the population in possession of both a still and video camera (mobile phone), we still had no photgraphical or video evidence at all of ghosts, ghoulies and things that go bump in the night. How is it that a celebrated 'medium/psychic' such as Sylvia Brown had been proven to be a fake and no physcic had ever proven their abilities. Ergo this rubbish should be in the fiction section.
She then lost it, started shouting that if I had that particular point of view then how could I expect to be taken seriously! I kid you not.
It was at this point that two [female] patrons came over and insisted that ghosts were real and one of them had seen one and that it psychics were fakes how come that they had such large and loyal fan bases, "How could I explain Derek Acorah"
I was so dumbfounded, I was lost for words. When I eventually explained that these books should have their own special section, the 'Deluded and gullible fools" section I was ordered to put the books down, make my selection and leave as I was disturbing the patrons (I was talking in a hushed voice throughout the discussion, they were shouting). When I got to the checkout I was informed that If I were to continue moving books and disturbing the tranquility of the library I would not be welcome and my membership revoked. What struck me as odd was the venom in their voices and the twisted rage on their faces. I remained very calm throughout, yet all three of the fools had completely lost the plot. How the gullible defend their stupidity will never cease to amaze me.
BTW, I'm posting this from my phone and layout and proof reading is difficult on a bus, please accept my apologies for any spelling, grammatical or other such annoyances. I'll format and check thoroughly when I get home later on today.
