Bookmobile went to an event this weekend. Two full days of sitting, greeting and handing out materials. We counted a total of 863 people who stopped by our booth. I handed out lots of recommended reading for kids, newsletters, and homework help fliers. We were giving away pencils and stickers. We had a quiz, if you got one right you got to pick a prize which was a toy. (We kept giving out questions until they got it right.) If they answered 3 correctly they got to pick out a pop up book. Overall it was fun, and it gets the word out about our libraries and bookmobile.
But there are a few who just want to complain to you. They want to tell you how much they don't like certain libraries in the area. It was interesting because most of them weren't ours. Go us! But this one guy came up and told us that bookmobile was a waste of taxpayers' money, to my face. He said it was 2007 everyone can get to a library. I just sort of smiled/grimaced and didn't say anything while on the inside I was Lindsay Lohan from Mean Girls where she jumps across the table and starts mauling that other girl. I was so good, I didn't yell, cuss, yell some more etc. It wasn't even worth talking to him, then he went on to complain about the overly large people at the health fair, then left. There are sooooo many people who can't get to libraries, like people with mental or physical disabilites. the elderly who are in wheelchairs or have had their license revoked, children who's parents can't or won't take them to the library, people who live in the boonies. It's great that we are able to bring them the materials that they need.
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