| So I�m at the library the other day right? I thought I�d get a new library card because: a. It's been a decade since I used my library card b. I�ll be damned if I know where it's at So why waste time digging out my old library card, I�ll just pay for a new one and start out fresh and clean. Everyone loves a brand-new style. I waste no time telling the librarian how it's gonna be. I tell her i'm here to get a new card, and if she stands in my way, i'll shove her in the book return....then I woke up. I walked into the library and asked the librarian to get a new card. She smiled (probably happy that another one of America's illiterate teenagers was going to change his ways by reading books now) She asked too see my license, so I handed it to her. I'm sure she probably thought something along the line of these thoughts, in this order: a. This kid's cute b. Wait, he's only 16... There's the problem: I'm only 16. You know what that means, right? It means I�m another irresponsible, worthless teenager who better bring in his parents to make sure he doesn't screw anything up. In other words, she wouldn't let me get a library card without a parent there to sign for me. I was so stunned that I didn't think to tell her that's the stupidest rule ever. What's with libraries and rules? First they try and make you read their boring books, but you have to follow their rules in the process? Geez, I might as well be in Mr. Stratton's study hall again. What was with the parent signature anyways? In case I check out a book and return it missing 200 pages they can call my parents and demand action?...Good thinking...I PAYED to get a library card so I can take books home and destroy them? Correct me if i'm wrong, but couldn't I just walk in the library, isolate myself from everyone, and rip out the pages, then walk out? Then they'd have no idea who abused the books. Do you think i'm going to go back to the library with my dad so I can get my own card?...No, i'm not...because i'm angry/stubborn. They screwed themselves out of a customer. Now they don't have anyone to rent their precious books and pay their ten cent fines when I keep a book five days later than i'm suppose to. People generally make fun of me for wanting a library card |
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| To prove my point further, I brought in a line graph to show how the interest of readers between ages 1-20. The numbers on bottom represent your age, while the line represents the interest. As you can see, me being 17, i'm in the critical area of low-interest reading...and the library denied me a card?? What were they thinking?? |