{"id":73,"date":"2006-10-25T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/what-do-off-duty-librarians-do\/"},"modified":"2006-10-25T05:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-25T11:14:00","slug":"what-do-off-duty-librarians-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/25\/what-do-off-duty-librarians-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What do off-duty librarians do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today my good friend S and I had our annual “go to the posh revolving restaurant in the city for High Tea<\/a>” afternoon. S is a librarian too. <\/span>Browsing though the shops afterward, we ended up at the new-ish Borders bookshop in the Hay Street Mall<\/a>, as I’d not been there kid-free. <\/span>
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\nEn route, we popped into the Birkenstock shop (B store<\/a>) and tried on some Masai Barefoot Technology Sandals<\/a>. These cost about $400 a pair, but we both have friends who had epiphanies over these shoes – they’ve cured their back pain; they’re going to wear them to balls, the beach and work; never will they wear anything else on their feet. The sole is shaped like a rocking horse’s rocker, forcing you to adopt correct posture and use your core stabilising muscles<\/a>. Of course, you need to be instructed in how to walk in them- so S and I imitated the “strutting dude” kind of walk, following the salesperson in a circle around the shop, looking like a kindergarten music and movement session.<\/span>
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\nWalking back to the train station in our infinitely inferior shoes, we realised what we’d been doing….<\/span>
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“Looking at books and checking out sensible shoes”<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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\nShhhh…. don’t tell anyone or we will have set the image of the profession back by 20 years.<\/span>
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\nTODAY’S <\/span>HIPPIE CARD<\/span><\/a>: Grace<\/span><\/p>\n

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