At the Reserves

While working in the reserves section of the library today a student came up to request a book. The student was listening to a ipod with a pink plastic case covering it. She gave me the call number but never took out her earphones or turned off her ipod. when i got the book for her I handed it to her. She took the book without saying anything or ever removing her ipod. It seemed she was more involved in her "iWorld" then in the real world.
Another student with an ipod came to the desk a few hours later to request a book. He removed on earpiece asked how I was doing and gave me the call number. When I retrieved the book for him, he thanked me, replaced his earphone and left.