Asking for help
Dec. 8th, 2021 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blimixTwo months ago, I was at the reference desk. This wasn't my usual library, and instead of sitting at a computer and checking in with my library card, my mission would involve briefly borrowing a laptop.
I was partway through that process, when I paused. "... Actually, this is something that you or I could look up."
"Okay, do you want my help, or do you want the laptop?"
"Hmm. I've been meaning to get better at asking for help. And you're a reference librarian, so it's right up your alley. Yeah, I'd like your help. Thanks."
She put away the laptop and sat at her computer. "Okay, what it is?"
"I want to check out the next season of 'Dr. Who'. But I don't remember whether I'm up to series 8 or series 9. Could you find a synopsis of the last episode of series 8, to see if I recognize it? And maybe redact any spoilers?"
Her eyes went wide. "What a great reference question!" While she looked it up, we discussed the show, and her coworker divulged that she was in the middle of rewatching it. She couldn't explain why.
"It's a moral imperative," I offered, and she agreed.
We got our answer, all of us smiling from the conversation and the quest, and I checked out series 9.
I was partway through that process, when I paused. "... Actually, this is something that you or I could look up."
"Okay, do you want my help, or do you want the laptop?"
"Hmm. I've been meaning to get better at asking for help. And you're a reference librarian, so it's right up your alley. Yeah, I'd like your help. Thanks."
She put away the laptop and sat at her computer. "Okay, what it is?"
"I want to check out the next season of 'Dr. Who'. But I don't remember whether I'm up to series 8 or series 9. Could you find a synopsis of the last episode of series 8, to see if I recognize it? And maybe redact any spoilers?"
Her eyes went wide. "What a great reference question!" While she looked it up, we discussed the show, and her coworker divulged that she was in the middle of rewatching it. She couldn't explain why.
"It's a moral imperative," I offered, and she agreed.
We got our answer, all of us smiling from the conversation and the quest, and I checked out series 9.
