Don’t you dare give a librarian cookies
Listen to this short 3 minute report from NPR. Apparently the Louisiana State Ethics Board has clarified that state employees cannot accept any gifts whatsoever. On the outset this makes sense, but this also applies to librarians. From now on, if a Librarian accepts a Christmas cookie or something of the like, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
My favorite part: “We had a patron who came in to give the staff some cookies, and after he was told that the cookies couldn’t be accepted, he left the plate and literally ran out the door because he wanted the staff to have the cookies.”
You can’t make this stuff up.