I love the library. I once or twice worked in a library. I volunteer for the library. I love Ben Franklin for coming up with the public library system (much more impressive than that kite in thunderstorm deal). I love the library.
Lately, the hubs and I have been watching a British series called Ballykissangel. It’s a cute, funny, ensemble show set in an Irish village, circa late 90′s.
So, I am rewatching the show from the start with the hub’s first viewing, and we’ve gotten several dvd’s from the library.
The library, it’s not just for books anymore!
The library, don’t need to read to use it!
So, perhaps it’s the heat, or maybe my brain cells are lonely and dying off from abuse just getting too old to function (I’ll blame the heat), but I seem to have a problem remembering what dvd’s we’ve seen and what ones we want to see.
The idiot’s confession bottom line is this: at my beloved library, I recently learned the reason I couldn’t do an online renewal of a Ballykissangel dvd was because there was a hold on it. So I opted to watch the last two episodes on the disc and incur the relatively new and definitely obscenely high daily late fees.
Only to find out……….
There was a hold on that dvd alright.
By yours truly.
Yes, I love the library. I, however, do not love the library so much as to voluntarily impose late fees on myself.
Just call me, library idiot.
And when did I realize the true depth of my stupidity? When that same dvd appeared on the Holds shelf for me the next day.
What is this doing here? Didn’t we watch this one already? Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh, crap.
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Funny! I found myself paying off the fines on my and the kids’ accounts this week. We don’t have to pay (and really they don’t want to be paid) until it’s over $10. Then we can’t borrow until it’s paid. So after the fourth account was blocked at over $10, we paid up the $50. Seriously. Of course that’s fees over the last year for books we mainly didn’t read. They sat in my closet. Very costly closet reading, eh?
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Great story! No lengthy confession here, but let’s just say that I’m glad to know I’m not the only one . . .
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okay, i’m starting to feel a little better. still stupid, but better.
stupidity loves company.
Would you like to buy some milk from me for $20, and it’s already in your fridge. I’ve got a great deal on laptops too.
hey, john, i think i even have a coupon, too!
I have three videos from the video store that are 4 days overdue from a 5-day rental special and I didn’t even watch any of them. Guess I don’t watch as much TV as I thought I did – at least not this week. I think stores make more on me on the late fees than the original fee….think they plan it that way?
I’m constantly having to double check our history on netflix to be sure we haven’t seen something!
I too love the library!
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