Source status: Attributed to Andrew Stephens
All librarians will be happy to help when you don't need it, but they will vanish when you have a question about the Dewey Decimal system. Sent by Andrew Stephens, dedicated to the Centennial Branch Library of Circle Pines, MN.
- Andrew Stephens
This law belongs with Murphy's Teaching Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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