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People who have worked in bookstores should relate.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Except somehow the librarians can always find the fucking book. I do not understand how they do it

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You develop an "ear" for it. It's similar for me in IT support.
When one of our customers calls and tells me they have a virus on their PC, I know before even starting the remote session that it's actually the Firefox website notifications. And when they say "It's asking for a password, what's my password?" I ask them how their vacation was and to reboot their PC, so Office can update and contact the licensing server again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's their job and they've been asked these questions before. In my personal experience, if you're good at your job, and librarians usually seem to be, you tend to know the answers to questions that people ask, even clueless people.