A couple of days ago, I was calling this week’s winners of the raffle prizes. Most of the calls ended up in voicemail, but some people were home…and one call was just so funny that I have to mention it here (and no, I don’t actually remember who this conversation was with!):
Phone rings. The dad of the child raffle winner answers.
Me: Hi, this is Abby calling from the library.
The dad: Oh, no, we have an overdue book?!?!?!
Me: No, no, no – much better than that!
The dad (excitedly): Some books came in for us?!!!!!!
Me: No, even better than that – your [son/daughter] won a gift certificate for a pizza!
The dad: Awesome!!!!!! We’ll be right down!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now that’s a library lover if I ever met one. I hope the whole family enjoyed that pizza. (And thanks to the pizza place that donated the certificate.)