How I am a terrible librarian/human being:

I spent fifteen minutes helping a woman look up and find resources on Guatemala and consciously chose not to tell her I had spent six years living there, because forging a human connection over shared interests and experiences is less valuable than not talking to a stranger for a second longer than I have to.

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  1. davebloom said: Hey, I’d just call that professionalism, unless her reference need was something like “I’m looking for sources on the years Jonathan Bogart spent in Guatemala.”
  2. nedraggett reblogged this from jonathanbogart and added:
    Man, I thought I was bad.
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