Now I am freaking out because my daughter goes to Library school every Tuesday. I am definitely going to be extra cautious now.

Its always easier when looking back, but when you are in the moment, I totally understand how you just wanted to get out of there.
I would mention it to someone next time you go back though.

As far as that guy “saving” Caleb- I think I would have been just as stunned as you. And then I would have gotten mad!! Sitting here, the first thought was, “What the hell?!” It’s not ok for someone to grab a child like that. Ugh! I’m just sitting here sputtering because I can’t get the words out…

I apologize in advance for my library rant, so here goes…
What Jen says about weirdos in libraries is true. I worked in a city library for 2 1/2 years. I don’t know what your library is like, but if there were 75 people there, I’m assuming it’s big. Where I worked, there were perverts there ALL THE TIME. I wanted to scream at parents not to leave their kids unattended. It wasn’t so much that the kids might mess up the shelves or be a disturbance, but that creeps hang out in libraries. Most of the time there was nothing we could do except stand back and make sure that one of us was keeping an eye on things and knew what was going on. We knew who to watch, but you can’t call the police until they do something. There was one man who came in often and he always watched little boys. We had his picture sent around in an email and we knew what to do, but he was allowed to keep coming back because all he did was look. There was a teenager who tried to get little girls to go back to the large book section (back corner) to be tickled. That guy was kicked out because he made contact. The reason that library finally got the security camera is because a guy was watching one of the other girls who worked there. He brushed up against her and left a wet spot on her pants. Then two weeks later he did the same thing to me, but I had been kind of squatting in front of the copy machine (right across from the main desk) and the wet stuff, whatever it was dripped down my back. Disgusting. We had no footage to show the police, so we got one right after that. It’s unbelievable how many things happened there. I’m not trying to scare you away from going to the library, but, seriously, as nice as libraries are, BE AWARE.

That’s all. Sorry.