Doing His Job, I Guess
I drove to URI today so I could renew The Trial of Guiteau the Assassin for the billionth time. I'm usually good about renewing my books online *before* they are due, but apparently I forgot about it this time and came back from Texas with 2 impatient emails from the library. Boo. I didn't bother to read how much $$ I owed, since I knew all I'd have to do is drive down to campus and ask to renew it in person. The fine gets erased by the good person behind the counter, and I can go on my merry way.
You know things didn't go as planned.
The library was deserted except for the two people behind the circulation desk, a girl I hadn't seen before and a guy that I had seen there many a time. As usual, I asked to renew the book despite its being a "few days" late, and handed my URI card over to the girl. She did her thing, and then called the guy over since she was new and didn't know how to get past the "must pay fine" prompt (or whatnot). Now, the dude is obviously a student, and I know he's dealt with me and my overdue books in the past. So I was very surprised when he went "Oh, no. The fine's not going anywhere," in a rather amused tone. v_v
Basically, I this means I have to pay $9.50 for a book I haven't even been reading. Thanks, asshole!
But I guess I can't complain TOO much. This is only the second time I've ever had to pay fines, and trust me, I've had a LOT of overdue books during my brief stint at URI. Secondly, maybe the library staff's been cracked down on recently for deleting so many people's fines (since I know they do that often). I know how that is. Where I work, they recently implemented a rule that we have to card everybody that buys cigarettes, whether you're 18 or 80. It's not just enough to know the birthday, you have to physically see the ID-- and the "best" part is, we can be FIRED for neglecting to do this! Brooks actually pays people to go into stores and buy cigarettes to make sure we're even carding people that are obviously old enough. Because we (obviously) have no idea who's a spy and who isn't, we really do have to be a pain in the ass to everyone. Hell, I don't want to lose my job. Yes, I think it's a stupid rule, but what can I do? So I'm not going to fault the guy in the library for doing his job, just like I hope people don't get pissed at me for doing mine.
Well, that's my little story for today. Gonna go read for a bit.
You know things didn't go as planned.
The library was deserted except for the two people behind the circulation desk, a girl I hadn't seen before and a guy that I had seen there many a time. As usual, I asked to renew the book despite its being a "few days" late, and handed my URI card over to the girl. She did her thing, and then called the guy over since she was new and didn't know how to get past the "must pay fine" prompt (or whatnot). Now, the dude is obviously a student, and I know he's dealt with me and my overdue books in the past. So I was very surprised when he went "Oh, no. The fine's not going anywhere," in a rather amused tone. v_v
Basically, I this means I have to pay $9.50 for a book I haven't even been reading. Thanks, asshole!
But I guess I can't complain TOO much. This is only the second time I've ever had to pay fines, and trust me, I've had a LOT of overdue books during my brief stint at URI. Secondly, maybe the library staff's been cracked down on recently for deleting so many people's fines (since I know they do that often). I know how that is. Where I work, they recently implemented a rule that we have to card everybody that buys cigarettes, whether you're 18 or 80. It's not just enough to know the birthday, you have to physically see the ID-- and the "best" part is, we can be FIRED for neglecting to do this! Brooks actually pays people to go into stores and buy cigarettes to make sure we're even carding people that are obviously old enough. Because we (obviously) have no idea who's a spy and who isn't, we really do have to be a pain in the ass to everyone. Hell, I don't want to lose my job. Yes, I think it's a stupid rule, but what can I do? So I'm not going to fault the guy in the library for doing his job, just like I hope people don't get pissed at me for doing mine.
Well, that's my little story for today. Gonna go read for a bit.
posted by Erica at 4:14 AM
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