I'm not sure what prompted this week's cartoon. I guess it's some kind of deep seated fear of being embarrassed in front of a large group of people, or children in this case...something that probably goes back to my own childhood and fear of public speaking.
At my library we have what's called Story Stop and although I have nothing against reading and singing to kids, I don't think I'll be participating anytime soon. I'll leave that to the professionals. :)

Recently I was riding the bus home and a passenger sitting across from me had their cell phone pointed right in my direction. Of course they might have been been scrolling through a list of contacts or playing games or whatever else you do with cell phones these days...or they could have been taking my picture and text messaging friends about the idiot sitting in the seat nearby. All in an instant...

Once again, I'm posting this a little earlier in the day because I have plans for later this evening.
Occasionally my co-workers and I have joked about putting a life-sized cardboard cutout of ourselves somewhere in the stacks to see if we could slip out from work unnoticed.
That's what inspired this week's cartoon...and by the way, it's not based on a true story and I don't condone this behavior. ;D