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Phone Tap: Deez Books · Brooke and Jeffrey: Phone Taps

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  Speaker 1: Today we call a woman who's a rare type. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: She doesn't like going out to restaurants or to big
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  Speaker 1: sporting events or concerts. No, she prefers spending her time
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  Speaker 1: at the library. Oh okay. According to her partner Steve,
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  Speaker 1: she checks out books all the time and really loves it.
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  Speaker 1: The only thing she doesn't like is the city recently
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  Speaker 1: reduced the hours that they're open.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it is not easy to get to the
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  Speaker 2: library these days.
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  Speaker 1: It's made her very upset. Now the city's about to
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  Speaker 1: make another major change that she's probably not gonna love.
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  Speaker 1: You're gonna hear it in your phone. Tap right now.
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  Speaker 1: It's another on the twenties.
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  Speaker 2: Hello.
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  Speaker 1: Hi is this Abigail? Yeah speaking hi Abigail. This is
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  Speaker 1: Dave from the public Library. I hope it's okay that
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  Speaker 1: I give you a call. Has found your number in
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  Speaker 1: our system?
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  Speaker 2: Uh sure, what is this about? Well?
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  Speaker 1: I know that you're always one of our best, most
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  Speaker 1: loyal patrons, and we're really appreciative you always return books
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  Speaker 1: on time every week. We want to thank you for that.
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  Speaker 2: Oh of course, now.
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  Speaker 1: We do need to speak with you about some changes
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  Speaker 1: that are going to be coming down the pike. Over here.
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  Speaker 2: What kind of changes.
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  Speaker 1: Well, as you're aware, the city is in a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a budget deficit again, Yeah, probably.
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  Speaker 2: For the twenty eighth year in a row. They can't
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  Speaker 2: seem to get anything right.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know that is fair. They don't manage their
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  Speaker 1: money very well. But as you know, the library does
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  Speaker 1: fall under the city umbrella. And so while we will
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  Speaker 1: not be upping the late fees like some people.
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  Speaker 2: Have books on time anyway, right.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I understand that I'm just saying, starting next month,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to be instituting a cover charge similar to
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  Speaker 1: a bar or a club. Give me a what a
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  Speaker 1: cover charge?
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  Speaker 2: What does that mean?
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  Speaker 1: Have you not been to a bar or a club?
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  Speaker 1: I guess needed to go to the library. So probably
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  Speaker 1: not none of your.
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  Speaker 2: Business, Frankly, can you.
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  Speaker 1: Just elaborate, Well, so if you have a book that
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  Speaker 1: you reserve, let's say, and you just want to walk inside,
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  Speaker 1: that'll be seven dollars.
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  Speaker 2: At the door, seven dollars, well.
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  Speaker 1: Ten dollars on the weekends, because you know, Saturdays and
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  Speaker 1: Sundays are our most popular days. What kind of half
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  Speaker 1: of that idea is that we just we need to
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  Speaker 1: find a way to supplement the deficit because we don't
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  Speaker 1: have enough money to stay open.
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  Speaker 2: So you're going to punish people for going to the library.
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  Speaker 1: U No, not punish. We're going to charge people, not
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  Speaker 1: hit them.
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  Speaker 2: This is not okay. You cannot charge people to go
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  Speaker 2: into the library. I'm there every week, and I wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: pay a quarter to get in.
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  Speaker 1: You're right, you wouldn't. You'd have to pay seven dollars
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  Speaker 1: or ten dollars on the weekends.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, smart, it was just an example. I wouldn't pay
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  Speaker 2: a cent.
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  Speaker 1: Well, good, because we wouldn't accept cents. We would only
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  Speaker 1: do I got it only to accept credit cards. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, you just you seem a little bit upset.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, of course I'm upset. I go to the library
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  Speaker 2: every week. I take books out every week, I return
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  Speaker 2: them every week.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, now you're telling me I need to pay.
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  Speaker 2: You to come into the library.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, I've heard all that already. I'm just try
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  Speaker 1: trying to relay this information to you.
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  Speaker 2: Well it's unacceptable.
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  Speaker 1: Well you need to accept it, because it's happening.
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  Speaker 2: I will not accept it.
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  Speaker 1: You know what. I'm gonna let you think about it
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  Speaker 1: for five seconds and then check back in with you.
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  Speaker 2: It does not matter how long I think about this.
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  Speaker 2: It is unacceptable.
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  Speaker 1: Two one have you accepted it now?
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  Speaker 2: No? I have not accepted it. Because is there a
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  Speaker 2: manager I can talk to.
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  Speaker 1: I'm the last employee who works here. So what you
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  Speaker 1: know what I'm gonna do for you? If you come
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  Speaker 1: in today, I'll knock a dollar off of your cover charge.
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  Speaker 2: I already told you I will not be paid to
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  Speaker 2: come into the library.
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  Speaker 1: It's only going to be six dollars. Do you accept it? Maybe?
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  Speaker 1: Five seconds? Five?
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  Speaker 2: I do not accept it.
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  Speaker 1: Three? Two?
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  Speaker 2: Oh my god, what is wrong with you?
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  Speaker 1: All Right? I'm not going to back up to seven dollars.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry the deal has gone away.
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  Speaker 2: I don't even know what to say.
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  Speaker 1: Also, I don't really know if this matters at this point.
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  Speaker 1: But in an effort to connect with the younger generations here,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to be rebranding and no longer call this
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  Speaker 1: the library.
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  Speaker 2: That's the dumbest idea I ever heard in my life.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna be calling it D's Books.
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  Speaker 2: This has to be a joke.
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  Speaker 1: That's books with a Z.
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  Speaker 2: There is no way that you, or the city, or
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  Speaker 2: anyone in this world could come up with an idea
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  Speaker 2: of this as nine.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you're right, it wasn't me or the city, but
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  Speaker 1: your partner Steve might be asinine to come up with it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my god.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, your partner Steve emailed our show Brooke and Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: in the morning and he said he want us to
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  Speaker 1: do a prank phone call on you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh okay, get it.
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  Speaker 1: Steve said that you love the library so much and
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  Speaker 1: you really hate change, so he wanted us to mess
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  Speaker 1: with you, and we thought, okay, well maybe we can
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  Speaker 1: combine both.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you had me going. I'd had to be
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  Speaker 2: the dumbest idea I ever heard, triking people to cover with.
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  Speaker 1: A library these books.
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  Speaker 2: I don't even know what's happening right now.
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  Speaker 1: You know me either. Honestly, I'll see it at the library,
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  Speaker 1: all right, I hope. So probably in the self help section.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, wake up every morning with phone taps weekday mornings
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  Speaker 2: on the twenties, Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning,