DEAR PATRONS AT MY WORK:
I AM NOT A BABYSITTING. I AM NOT TRAINED TO DEAL WITH YOUR SNOT NOSED BRATS, AND I SURE AS FUCK AM NOT GETTING PAID ENOUGH TO WATCH YOUR LITTLE FUCK HEADS EVEN IF I WERE *SUPPOSED* TO DO IT.
Look. I get it. You don't want your parenting questioned or whatever, blah blah. And really, I suppose I'd be annoyed too.
BUT.
When you come to a public library and you bring your children, There. Are. RULES.
OUR BIGGEST ONE. POSTED RIGHT BEFORE YOU ENTER THE GOD DAMNED KIDS SECTION:
Children under 13 to be with parent or guardian AT ALL TIMES.
THAT MEANS:
They must be *at least* within line of sight, and they MUST be able to hear you without you yelling.
We prefer it if they are sitting at the table/computer with you, quietly reading. Or if you are on the computer, and they are on the literacy computers, that is also fine.
We're a bit more lenient about the 13 rule, because they can generally say "OH GOD NO A STRANGER" and run away. Generally. And it'd be hard to miss a teen being taken forcefully in the middle of a library.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN:
You can bring your 13 y/o and leave them in charge of your brood and go off doing whatever you feel like.
Sit in front of a computer/at a table on your laptop/read a book and completely ignore your child as they cry, scream, wail, act like banshee's or TEAR APART THE BOOK SHELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE BORED.
IF YOU IGNORE THESE RULES, WE WILL BE FORCED TO ESCORT YOU OUT. DON'T LIKE IT?
DON'T FUCKING COME TO THE LIBRARY. XPPPPPPP
DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!
Look. I get it. You don't want your parenting questioned or whatever, blah blah. And really, I suppose I'd be annoyed too.
BUT.
When you come to a public library and you bring your children, There. Are. RULES.
OUR BIGGEST ONE. POSTED RIGHT BEFORE YOU ENTER THE GOD DAMNED KIDS SECTION:
Children under 13 to be with parent or guardian AT ALL TIMES.
THAT MEANS:
They must be *at least* within line of sight, and they MUST be able to hear you without you yelling.
We prefer it if they are sitting at the table/computer with you, quietly reading. Or if you are on the computer, and they are on the literacy computers, that is also fine.
We're a bit more lenient about the 13 rule, because they can generally say "OH GOD NO A STRANGER" and run away. Generally. And it'd be hard to miss a teen being taken forcefully in the middle of a library.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN:
You can bring your 13 y/o and leave them in charge of your brood and go off doing whatever you feel like.
Sit in front of a computer/at a table on your laptop/read a book and completely ignore your child as they cry, scream, wail, act like banshee's or TEAR APART THE BOOK SHELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE BORED.
IF YOU IGNORE THESE RULES, WE WILL BE FORCED TO ESCORT YOU OUT. DON'T LIKE IT?
DON'T FUCKING COME TO THE LIBRARY. XPPPPPPP
DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!