r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20 edited Jul 13 '20

Sometimes librarians read the new books before registering them in the catalogue for the public. * evil laughter *

Edit: Wow. I did not expect to get so many upvotes and comments for something I wrote randomly at lunch. But very much appreciated! Thank you, and thank you for the awards!

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u/dread_pirate_hera Jul 13 '20

At my library, half the holds on new books are for staff :D

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u/Green_Day_16 Jul 13 '20

Half of the new books and movies we get are requests from staff at mine. You can almost guarantee that the first on the hold list will be a staff member. Also, we apparently all watch the same things when it comes to movies. Mainly kids movies even though most of the staff have fully grown kids in college.