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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.... ;_;

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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.