After many months of faithful service, I am sorry to have to announce the death of a beloved friend: our kettle. Having worked hard for months, merrily boiling away and helping to make tea for staff and Writing Groups, the kettle marked its demise by gushing water all over the place and making a rather disturbing crackling sound.
This may not seem like a particularly tragic occurence, but pplease, never take for granted the essential nature of tea, particularly for librarians. Many of us have been treated in specialist clinics for addiction when its got out of hand, and to suddenly be left tea-less is nothing less than a disaster. Never mind earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes. Tea deprivation is the worst. Every year, three librarians die from lack of tea. And yes, we do still have Cecil the coffee machine, but Cecil cannot make tea!
Update: We have been saved. There is now a kettle. Phew! *wipes brow*
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