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[tygati]

Y'know what? I don't think I like this city anymore...

mechante_fille and I were talking gnomes, and she pointed out this nifty little reference book and so kindly checked my local libraries and lo and behold, they had it! So I toddled off today to go get me a library card and some pretty books.

So the asshole at the desk, who was totally rude and dispassionate, looks at my driver's license, punches it into the computer, then tells me that I don't live in city limits (despite the fact that said driver's license says Eugene, OR on it) and that since I live in the 'county' I'd have to pay $25/3 months just to have a library card.

Excuse me? When the fuck did public libraries decide to fucking charge you to use them? I had three library cards in Idaho, to three different libraries, and not one of them charged me. Hell, one of them was for a city I didn't even live in, they just happened to have a nicer library.

Guess I just found a down side to moving away from a small community to a larger city. Even if Eugene hardly counts as large.

Fuck them.

... I really wanted the pretty books too... they had Brian Froud's Faeries book too... Goddamnit.... ;_;

Comments

[mechante-fille.livejournal.com]

*pets* Okay, I let my fingers do some more walking.

This library (http://rrscvollib.org/member.html) is near you, and has a recommended donation of $10 for a card b/c it is a volunteer library, but you don't have to pay anything if you don't want to. They don't seem to have their catalog online, but if they participate in ILL that would solve the issue of how many books they have. Oh, and they want volunteers. That might be fun.

This page (http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=490&PageID=861&cached=true&mode=2&userID=2) explains that only city taxes go to pay for the library, and that the county doesn't chip in at all. Stupic county. Still, the guy at the desk did not need to be rude and mean. *kicks him again*

Also, the $80/year covers the whole household, if you were able to get Mikey to go halvsies... not sure how likely that would be...

I hope you are having a much better work day than this whole rigamarole. *snugs*

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Also, the $80/year covers the whole household, if you were able to get Mikey to go halvsies... not sure how likely that would be...

*snort* The only books Mikey's read in the last decade are ones off of my bookshelves. -__- A bookworm, he is not.

[aggybird.livejournal.com]

If book-acquisition still looks bleak even after Mechante's suggestions, I have both books and would be happy to lend them to you. :)

[tygati.livejournal.com]

*laugh* That so does not surprise me. I bet you have the Goblins one too. ^.^ I am pondering getting Gnomes perhaps from Amazon cause there's a used one that would basically just cost me shipping... *ponder* but... *shiny eyes at the thought of finally getting to look at the pretty fairy book she's never been able to afford*

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

They CHARGE to let you borrow books!!! That should be a crime!

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

This ranks up there with 'you can't buy change if you don't have an account with us' from banks.

library

[twistedusia.livejournal.com]

Hey,

Not that familiar with oregon, but around here, if your work address is within their boundaries, sometimes you can force them to behave with that address instead of with your house address.

Usia

Re: library

[tygati.livejournal.com]

I think I have decided it's not worth the stress. The library is smack in the middle of downtown, which means you have to pay for parking. x.x Blah.

That, and I have no idea where 'city' limits are. My work is sorta at the edge of the city, but a different edge than where I live, so... x.x Stupid library.

[broken-moons.livejournal.com]

Over here, all libraries charge you. It's very cheap if you're a kid or a student or a senior, though, and most of them have different tariffs (mostly either a small subscription and you pay EUR 0.10 per book you check out, or a big subscription and you pay nothing else.

If libraries were free I'd so be a member of half a dozen.

[tygati.livejournal.com]

I practically lived at the local library growing up... I used to get so annoyed by their "only 10 books at a time" limit. ;)