Let's say you had to do a research paper on... oh, I don't know, something like Paris as a tourist destination during the Impressionist era, for example. And suppose you did a cursory search of your school's library, found nothing, and decided to throw in the towel and just let the research librarians earn their paycheck and do the research for you. Hypothetically, if you emailed the librarian for Art History listed on the library's website, and got this hypothetical response:
To: Jennifer
From: Jerkface Librarian
Date: March 17th,2006 3:19pm
Subject: Re: Art History Research Guide
Dear Jennifer, If you're on campus next week, I serve on the library's Reference Desk on M Level on Monday (10am-12n), Wednesday (6pm-9pm), and Friday (10am-12n). Please feel free to stop by during those times. If those times are not convenient for you, please send me another email indicating 3-4 times that work for you.
Best regards,
Jerkface librarian
...to which you hypothetically replied:
To: Jerkface Librarian
From: Jennifer
Date: March 17th, 2006 4:36pm
Subject: Re: Art History Research Guide
Thanks! I will come by on Wednesday evening.
... what might you reasonably expect (hypothetically) when you arrived at the library reference desk at 6:30pm on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006?
I hope it's not that said librarian will be present. Because you'd be WRONG. It's "spring break" and all the librarians go home at 5pm. Duh.
What a great trick logic question this would make on the SATs. Consider this hypothetical situation Copyright 2006 Jennifer , Inc.
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