So I've been getting these notices in the mail saying that I have serious library fines and I haven't been going there much at all this school year. This morning I finally got around to asking them about it and they said I had two fines.

1. Dazzling Optical Illusions - $10
Apparently I checked this out in June 2003 (the month I moved to this city) with another account registered at an address I've never lived at. The name and birthday was right, and it sounded like something I'd have checked out when I was twelve. Later I remembered that I was at my Aunt's one day that summer and she took us to the library. I guess she turned the book in really late or something.

2. Eclipse - $40 or something really high like that
Now this is really weird and I have no smurfing clue how I got this fine. I checked this one out last year. Either I turned the book in on time, or I let my friend borrow it because she was like OMG JESSICA I HAVE TO READ THAT. I don't lend borrowed books to people so I probably just turned it in. You can't check out any books at my library if you have fines or overdue books. The last time I was at the library was...maybe a month ago, and I was able to check out a volume of Fruits Basket with no problems so I don't think this fine is from that time. My cousin is a super big Twilight fangirl, and she checks out the first book every time she sees it on the shelf. The first couple of months she was living here, I let her check out books on my card. At this time she had her own copy of Eclipse (it was recently stolen, however), so I don't know why she would check it out. Another thing that could have happened is a girl who looks similar to me got ahold of my ID and checked the book out and kept it, leaving me to deal with the fine. The librarian recommended that I just pay the lost book fee and keep it. I don't think he believed me when I said I had no idea why I had that fine. I officially hate Twilight now. I can't graduate if I have fines D:


Topic:

Libraries and everything to do with them.