It’s the Library’s Fault
March 26, 2007 on 2:38 pm | In Life |Back in December I took a few books out of the library including one about remote sensing. That particular book was the largest of the ones they lent me. When finished with them, I returned all the books a few days before Christmas. The next time I went to take books out of the library I was told that the remote sensing book hadn’t been returned and was still overdue. They let me take those books out anyways, which was nice. So I went home and looked around for this book even though I was 99% sure I had returned it, especially since it was the largest of the group and hard to miss. A month later or so I got a letter in the mail informing me that I had lost the book and I owed the library $40 to cover the cost of it. By then I had gone back to the library a few times to look for it, sifting through unsorted books and looking in other related sections to see if it would turn up. It didn’t and after a while I started ignoring the problem because I felt I wasn’t in the wrong. Then last Friday I got another letter from the library, “Oh great,” I thought “another reminder that I have to pay them $40.” Except this time the note said that there was an overdue charge of $17 and they wouldn’t allow me to take out any more books until it was paid. So today I went back to the library and headed to that familiar spot on the shelve and there it was, complete with a sparkling beam of light coming from the ceiling tiles and choir music. I picked it up and took it to a librarian who cleared my account after hearing my story but she could offer no explanation as to how this all happened. Where was the book all this time? I sure don’t know but the moral of the story is don’t trust shifty eyed librarians. They will take your money and the book and fly to Mexico!
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In my second year of university, I signed out a digital camera (a Sony Mavica that used floppy disks for memory) from the library and returned it the next day, well within the two day loan period. Obviously this was not an item I would slip in the return slot; I personally handed it to a librarian. Thus I was surprised to recieve an email first stating that it was late, and then another stating that I owed $1250.00 for its replacement. I had to get them to track down the security camera footage so they could see me PHYSICALLY RETURNING THE CAMERA before they believed me! Good times.
Comment by Sarah — March 26, 2007 #
This has happend to me several times regarding DVDs I’ve borrowed. I make sure the morning I take it back that it’s removed from my account by noon or I call the library asking where it’s gone to and I returned it that morning. I swear some librarians will just borrow the item because you have time left on your “loan” and then take them home and return them just before they’re due so the next person on the list who has the item on hold gets it. It sucks but I’m sure it’s happened to loads of people. I know I’m a victim because I always put hard to get items on hold when there are lists of 40-80 people wanting to watch the DVD.
Comment by Rosemary — June 6, 2007 #