[Fiji Hill]

Plenty of Food & Wine editors have put in time at chain restaurants and affirm that everyone should work in the hospitality industry to witness the full buffet of humanity.

You get the full buffet of humanity when you work at a public library reference desk, as I did for many years.

[brianl703]

When I was in high school, I came to the conclusion that the school librarian wouldn’t last 5 minutes working in a public library, where the patrons wouldn’t put up with her surly attitude and would complain to management.