I took two books out from our local library thirteen days ago. One was for me and the other was for Madeline. I haven't actually borrowed a book from the library for myself in nearly ten years. I'm a book snob and I like to read brand new books that haven't been touched by others. It's just one of my quirks.
I read the book I took out for myself and got it back to the library within a week. Not trusting the outside return bin, I walked the book inside and placed it in the return bin that goes behind the circulation desk. Today I call to renew Madeline's book and I'm told that I still have two books out. And to top if off, they're not going to look and see if the book is back on the shelf until I come in to return the other book. Is this not insanity? So it looks like I'll be heading over to the library to see if I can find the book on the shelf. This is one of the many reasons I don't like using the library and yet another reason why I don't usually trust others when it comes to anything of importance. Grrr.
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Your library...sucks! I think the librarians on hand is what makes a good library. :) I would be lost if it wasn't for my children's librarian. She's one awesome lady; I'm thankful for her, she makes our library needs so much easier. (I like most homeschoolers rely on the library to help complete our homeschooling needs).
ReplyDeleteI wound up going to the library this afternoon to see if I could find the book. By the time it was my turn in line, a second librarian was behind the desk and I explained to her that I was checking in the book that had been sitting in the library on the shelf for nearly a week. She apologized for the mix up. I just explained that I didn't want to lose sleep over the book and wanted to be sure it was marked as returned. It's always been a fear of mine that the library would say I didn't return a book I had returned and today that fear became my reality. I'm just happy it ended well. I'll be making sure they personally check in my books going forward.
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