Dealing with the Clueless

Dealing with the Clueless might just become an on-going feature of this blog.  Who knows?  At any rate, here's the latest story from the reference desk:

Sitting at the SCC reference desk, librarians get a panoramic view of the lobby as well as the circulation desk and many other interesting library sites.  (Okay, maybe not all that interesting!)  At any rate, we can see the elevators which are integral to this story.

So I'm sitting at the ref desk about 6:45 p.m. on a quiet night when there's not much noise and everything seems to be humming along rather well.

Approaching the elevators are two women who are talking up a storm--quietly, however.  They get into the elevator.  The doors close.  A few seconds later, the elevator dings, the doors open, and the women get out of the elevator, still talking.  They look around, turn, and re-enter the elevator.  A few seconds later, the elevator dings, the doors open, and the women step out again.  They look around and return to the elevator.  The process occurs one more time.

This time they walk over to the reference desk.

"The elevator's broken," one of them announces.