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Coronavirus: Library books rearranged in size order by cleaner | Coronavirus: Library books rearranged in size order by cleaner |
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A well-meaning cleaner who took the opportunity to give a locked-down library a thorough clean re-shelved all of its books - in size order. | A well-meaning cleaner who took the opportunity to give a locked-down library a thorough clean re-shelved all of its books - in size order. |
Staff at Newmarket Library, Suffolk, discovered the sloping tomes after the building underwent a deep clean. | Staff at Newmarket Library, Suffolk, discovered the sloping tomes after the building underwent a deep clean. |
James Powell, of Suffolk Libraries, said staff "saw the funny side" but it would take a "bit of time" to correct. | James Powell, of Suffolk Libraries, said staff "saw the funny side" but it would take a "bit of time" to correct. |
"It looks like libraries will be closed for a while so we'll have plenty of time to sort the books out", he said. | |
"The cleaner is lovely and does a great job in the library. It was an honest mistake and just one of those things so we would never want her to feel bad about it," he added. | "The cleaner is lovely and does a great job in the library. It was an honest mistake and just one of those things so we would never want her to feel bad about it," he added. |
A tweet by Krystal Vittles, head of service delivery at Suffolk Libraries, about the enthusiastic cleaner has been shared more than 5,000 times. | |
In response, one person said it had "brought laughter" during lockdown. | |
"I think people are just pleased to be able to share any light-hearted stories at the moment as it helps to cheer everyone up," Mr Powell said. | "I think people are just pleased to be able to share any light-hearted stories at the moment as it helps to cheer everyone up," Mr Powell said. |
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