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fingertipsmp3 · 1 year

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Not to be one of those people who complains but why are the two library books I reserved 3 weeks ago (as the first person in the queue mind you. And both of them are popular books with multiple copies available) still not ready

#like okay admittedly i think one of them might have been claimed by a book club. based on what i’m seeing (10 copies all currently out and #all due back on the same day) i think that’s the only likely possibility #the book club is able to take literally tons of books out of the library and get much longer loans than a regular civilian like myself could #so i think that must be what it is. but there are still 4 other copies out there?? where are they #one was due back in fucking june of last year and is apparently nowhere to be found. what is going on #either someone didn’t put it through the machine right or has just stolen the book or something #what i don’t get is why no one’s taken it out of the system yet? when i volunteered there i used to get given the dead stock list at least #once a month and have to hunt down any books that were on the list. it was books that hadn’t been taken out or seen in 6 months plus #and if i couldn’t find it anywhere i had to mark it off the list and someone else would look and if they also couldn’t find it it got taken #out of the system. like. it’d be assumed lost; stolen or damaged & get written off essentially #so what is going on??#and then the other book has been ‘in transit’ for literally fucking two weeks. why #this is a big county i’ll give them that. but it doesn’t take two weeks to get anywhere #i stupidly reserved another book today but i’m not expecting to see it for like 2 months at least at this rate #was i the only person in [redacted] library system who ever processed book requests???? should i start volunteering again #and process my own request lmao. and then leave again #that sounds harsh. i did like it there but there was this fucking guy who i know meant well but i felt extremely uncomfortable around him #he never did anything and i don’t think he ever would have but i just felt suuuper uncomfortable around him. and then i felt bad for feeling #uncomfortable. and then covid happened and then i moved cities and just. left.#tl;dr i just want my books man. i want them before i lose all enthusiasm about reading them #personal

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