Friday, February 4, 2011

The bathroom thief rides again

Two of my co-workers run a side business, cleaning the library after hours.  They also do some things during work hours related to the business, like refilling the paper towel and toilet paper dispensers.  They usually clean a couple of nights a week and do the other items as needed.

A couple of months ago, the day after a night of cleaning, a patron approached the front desk and informed us that the women's restroom was out of toilet paper.  So, the message was relayed and met with a "What???  We just refilled those last night!"  Lo and behold, the TP was gone.  Seems another patron had decided that she needed that TP at home.  Nice.  We have a pretty good idea of who it was, but do you stop the patron and say "let me search your bag?"  No, you just refill the dispenser and go on.

Fast forward to a couple of weeks later.  The aforementioned patron is seen at the front desk, pumping our Germ-X into bottles she's pulled from her purse.  She's not even trying to hide the fact that she's using us as her personal filling station.

Another few weeks later.  After a program for the teens involved dirt-colored gummy worms, the teen librarian leaves the rest of the gummies out for others to enjoy.  The same patron is seen stuffing the individually wrapped gummies into her purse.  Once she leaves, we find that the container is now empty.

And now we get to yesterday.  Same "cleaning" librarian comes storming out of the bathroom and enters the office.  She apologizes for the question that follows:  "Did any of you ladies take the air fresheners that were behind the toilets in the ladies' room?"  Uh, no.  Gone.  WTH?  Ten minutes later, another co-workers comes in and tells us that the toilet paper is also gone.  Guess who's in the library?  Ol' Germ-X herself.  Argh.

Ya know, I understand being broke.  Believe me, I live paycheck to paycheck.  But jeezuz, stealing from the public library? 

Your books will be due in three weeks.  Would you like toilet paper with that?

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