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Maybe I'm just whining a bit too much. But Library fees are so irritating and expensive (in my area at least). If you happen to have any overdue books, they immediately charge you .40 or more for that book and then the price increases exponentially like crazy. I'm sort of a book freak as I like having books around me and I sort have a habit of checking too many books (usually because in my library the good books are always checked out so its too late everyday). But the library only allows you to renew the books the day before they are due, and if you happen to have any fees around 10$ then you can't renew or do anything at all. If you try to renew the day after they are due, then they charge you $.40 for all the books. If you return the books immediately after the day it was due then they still charge you for the books you returned. If you return any overdue books then you still have to pay for the days for the same books that you had not returned for several days or weeks. Also there are limitations on when you can renew books, like in some times you can't renew books because the library might consider it too "early" to renew them. Its difficult keeping track because I have so much on my mind these days that I completely forget these things. This libraries money making policies are really starting to get irritating and getting on my nerves.
  
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Maybe you could actually turn your things in on time like 99% of the general population and realize that you're complaining about 40 cents while taking advantage of a service that the rest of the world would kill for.
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just write it down on a calendar or a post-it or something when you have to return your books
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On November 03 2008 08:33 Empyrean wrote:
Maybe you could actually turn your things in on time like 99% of the general population and realize that you're complaining about 40 cents while taking advantage of a service that the rest of the world would kill for.
What the rest of the world does I don't know of, and frankly I don't care because they don't directly affect me and I don't know what the rest of the world does in its spare time or whatever shallow morals they posses.
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On November 03 2008 08:44 nimysa wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2008 08:33 Empyrean wrote:
Maybe you could actually turn your things in on time like 99% of the general population and realize that you're complaining about 40 cents while taking advantage of a service that the rest of the world would kill for. What the rest of the world does I don't know of, and frankly I don't care because they don't directly affect me and I don't know what the rest of the world does in its spare time or whatever shallow morals they posses.
It's really quite sad that you don't appreciate the rest of the world. Kind of a closed minded view, don't you think?
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Stop returning things late. It's a pain in the ass for people waiting on those books.
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On November 03 2008 08:45 waterGHOSTCLAWdragon wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2008 08:44 nimysa wrote:On November 03 2008 08:33 Empyrean wrote:
Maybe you could actually turn your things in on time like 99% of the general population and realize that you're complaining about 40 cents while taking advantage of a service that the rest of the world would kill for. What the rest of the world does I don't know of, and frankly I don't care because they don't directly affect me and I don't know what the rest of the world does in its spare time or whatever shallow morals they posses. It's really quite sad that you don't appreciate the rest of the world. Kind of a closed minded view, don't you think?
However saying that what I have is something is something I don't appreciate because I have a lot of it and others should have that, is a really narrow-minded thing to say.
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On November 03 2008 08:30 nimysa wrote:
Maybe I'm just whining a bit too much.
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On November 03 2008 08:52 nimysa wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2008 08:45 waterGHOSTCLAWdragon wrote:On November 03 2008 08:44 nimysa wrote:On November 03 2008 08:33 Empyrean wrote:
Maybe you could actually turn your things in on time like 99% of the general population and realize that you're complaining about 40 cents while taking advantage of a service that the rest of the world would kill for. What the rest of the world does I don't know of, and frankly I don't care because they don't directly affect me and I don't know what the rest of the world does in its spare time or whatever shallow morals they posses. It's really quite sad that you don't appreciate the rest of the world. Kind of a closed minded view, don't you think? However saying that what I have is something I don't appreciate because I have a lot of it and others should have that, is a really narrow-minded thing to say.
not really
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Not maybe. You ARE whining too much.
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On November 03 2008 08:56 Nitrogen23 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2008 08:52 nimysa wrote:On November 03 2008 08:45 waterGHOSTCLAWdragon wrote:On November 03 2008 08:44 nimysa wrote:On November 03 2008 08:33 Empyrean wrote:
Maybe you could actually turn your things in on time like 99% of the general population and realize that you're complaining about 40 cents while taking advantage of a service that the rest of the world would kill for. What the rest of the world does I don't know of, and frankly I don't care because they don't directly affect me and I don't know what the rest of the world does in its spare time or whatever shallow morals they posses. It's really quite sad that you don't appreciate the rest of the world. Kind of a closed minded view, don't you think? However saying that what I have is something I don't appreciate because I have a lot of it and others should have that, is a really narrow-minded thing to say. not really
Yeah really, this is just as idiotic as the time when people started saying that a guy had no right to be depressed in his life because millions of children were dying in the congo or some shit.
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Books are for nerds 
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On November 03 2008 09:02 nimysa wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2008 08:56 Nitrogen23 wrote:On November 03 2008 08:52 nimysa wrote:On November 03 2008 08:45 waterGHOSTCLAWdragon wrote:On November 03 2008 08:44 nimysa wrote:On November 03 2008 08:33 Empyrean wrote:
Maybe you could actually turn your things in on time like 99% of the general population and realize that you're complaining about 40 cents while taking advantage of a service that the rest of the world would kill for. What the rest of the world does I don't know of, and frankly I don't care because they don't directly affect me and I don't know what the rest of the world does in its spare time or whatever shallow morals they posses. It's really quite sad that you don't appreciate the rest of the world. Kind of a closed minded view, don't you think? However saying that what I have is something I don't appreciate because I have a lot of it and others should have that, is a really narrow-minded thing to say. not really Yeah really, this is just as idiotic as the time when people started saying that a guy had no right to be depressed in his life because millions of children were dying in the congo or some shit.
no it isn't.
just turn in your fucking books on time and be happy that you have books to read. stop being so selfish.
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You're not doing it right....
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Yeah I really don't understand how you can complain about something that's kind of free.
The fees don't pay for the library they are just supposed to irritate the idiots into returning the books so other people can have them. Apparently the fees need to be higher if you still don't have your shit together.
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As someone who works in a library, I'll say two things. First, return your books on time--it can't be all that difficult. Second, go to an academic library (I.e. university library) because they generally have a more lax return/fine policy.
Either of those should significantly reduce your issues. Good luck.
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I'm not in college yet so T_T
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You don't have to be in a college to use their library usually. They usually have a way for members of the public to get a card. Any public college will do, not just state universities but even community colleges. Shop around. They also have better collections usually.
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Haha, libraries are definitely not the money grabbing fiends you seem to think they are.
Well you just have to learn to be more organised.
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On November 03 2008 08:52 nimysa wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2008 08:45 waterGHOSTCLAWdragon wrote:On November 03 2008 08:44 nimysa wrote:On November 03 2008 08:33 Empyrean wrote:
Maybe you could actually turn your things in on time like 99% of the general population and realize that you're complaining about 40 cents while taking advantage of a service that the rest of the world would kill for. What the rest of the world does I don't know of, and frankly I don't care because they don't directly affect me and I don't know what the rest of the world does in its spare time or whatever shallow morals they posses. It's really quite sad that you don't appreciate the rest of the world. Kind of a closed minded view, don't you think? However saying that what I have is something is something I don't appreciate because I have a lot of it and others should have that, is a really narrow-minded thing to say.
I don't think that I understand...Just to be clear, I'm narrow minded because you don't appreciate your library, and other people would love to have a resource like a library?
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