Librarians unite

Several days ago, I walked into our study to find a book that Jacob had recently read, put on a miscellaneous bookcase.

I called out to him, “Jacob, when you return a book to the study, can you please just put it in the middle of the study table so I can put it back in its proper place?”

He entered the room with a serious face. “I'm sorry,” he said, “I must have missed the memo when I checked out my library card.”

Now really, I don’t see a need for sarcasm here. I happen to take the reshelving of books quite seriously. And I know many a librarian that would back me up.