Boys & Girls

Patron: I need help, and the librarian over there- she couldn’t help me. I just need to know how to download this audiobook. And we all know that boys are better than girls at this sort of thing.

Me: That’s not true. At all. Librarian has forgotten more about our online catalog than I’ll ever know.

Patron: But she couldn’t help me.

Me, looking at Patron’s phone: You click the massive blue button that says “Read”.

Patron: But I don’t want to read it! I want to listen!

Me: This is an eBook. Not an audiobook.

I take their phone and select the audiobook version of what they are looking for.

Patron: BUT HOW DO I DOWNLOAD IT?!?!

Me: Probably the giant blue “listen” button in the same spot as the “read” button I mentioned before.

Patron: But it doesn’t say it’s downloading.

Me: it is. You can listen to it now.

Patron: But how do I know when it’s done????

Me: You can start listening right now and it will download in the background.

Patron: So boys ARE better at this than girls.

Me: Get out.

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