Awhile ago we checked out a bunch of books at the library- one of them was the dumbest book I have ever read. The book was torn in multiple places, had food stains, and coloring all over it, and I honestly can't believe it was even published. We read it one time, and then put it at the bottom of the pile.
When the books were almost due I grabbed the checkout receipt, counted the books, and made sure we had them all- yep, all 13! We get to the library and I recount all the books-they had been sliding around on the drive, so I wanted to be sure I got them all. Again, all 13 were there.
We walk in, drop them in the bin, and get on with our day.
A few days later we get an email about a book needing to be renewed or returned- it was THAT book, the dumb one! I called the library and told them it must be a mistake. They acted like I was lying of course, and said they would look for it once a week for six weeks, and if it wasn't there by then we would have to pay for it. I was so mad. I KNEW I had brought it in. I was not about to replace the nasty old book with a brand new one, plus pay a restocking fee when I knew it had to be there. Tyler and I went back multiple times during the six weeks to look for it and could never find it. I was able to re- enter it as a claim so they would look for 6 more weeks-that was a couple of weeks ago. I stopped looking for it because it was just making me so mad. We stopped going to the library too.
Nathan has been begging to go, so we went today. Tyler logged on to his account and it said there were no books out, but he had late fees on the "lost" book. I went to where the book belonged and there it was. I went up to the desk and demanded(ok, asked politely) for them to waive the fees, since the book has been there the entire time. The girl at the desk was the one who looks for the books, and she said she just looked a few days ago and it wasn't on the shelf.
I don't know how it got back there, but I am sure glad it did! From now on we are getting all our books checked back in at the front desk...
6 comments:
Next time have Tyler film you counting all the books and reading off the names. Then counting them again and putting them into the slot. Then you can have proof to give to those mean Librarians.
That librarian just couldn't admit she had never looked could she? I'm happy for your sake that it was miraculously found.
So glad you didn't have to shell out $$ for a new book. Those people need to chill out!
PS. I love the colors on your new background.
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame. I love LAME people.
that would frustrate me to no end, as well!!! So glad it was found. What a lame-o library!
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