You emailed me, asking for "Witkin Volume 1."
What the hell is that? A book? A CD compilation of Witkin's greatest hits? I may be a legal assistant but I am not a legal librarian. I am not familiar with every book in our library. Yes, library. As in, we have an ENTIRE library full of legal books. Not to mention that I don't handle the legal books very often - on occasion I'll be asked to copy something from a book but it's extremely rare that I am ever asked to fetch a book (so rare in fact that I don't think I've ever done it in this office). When I told you I was unfamiliar with said book you stated that it was in the library "on the far shelf."
Again, an ENTIRE library full of books. There are many, many shelves. And depending on where you stand, ANY shelf could be the "far shelf." I had to ask another attorney, "Do you know where Witkin is?" to avoid having to check every shelf, since I had no idea where X was standing in her mind when she was visually picturing the "far shelf."
I've started a band called Witkin. Our new album, The Far Shelf, is due out next month.
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