A state senator was driving home late one night when he realized he forgot to pick up a book his wife had needed the next day for an event. Having already passed several closed book stores he spied an open public library.
He was nervous entering the library because he had gained some fame in proposing library budget cuts, and had once called for the outright elimination of public libraries. He was quickly put at ease when the library director greeted him warmly and asked how she could be of assistance. The senator told her the name of the book he needed, and the director looked up the call number, ushered him to the book, and then checked it out and sent him on his to his wife with a smile.
Afterwards a librarian approached the director and asked “do you know who that was?”
“Yes” said the director.
“Then how could you be so nice and help him?” asked the librarian.
“I didn’t help him.” said the director.
“Of course you did, you found the book and helped him check it out.”
“If I really was helping him,” said the director “I would have told him about the lipstick on his collar.”