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(Daily Mail) Asinine Five-year-old girl has overdue books. Library: A) Sends a letter asking for it to be returned, B) sends an e-mail, or C) sends the cops to the girl's house   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line 123
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colinspooky [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 09:49:56 AM
Or perhaps it was the parent that caused the problem. Can't really see the youngster saying: "Oh, mum, do we have to go to the library to take the books back. I would rather not." And mum saying: "Yeah, what's the worst that can happy over some smelly library books."
 
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat
2012-01-03 09:58:13 AM
 
namegoeshere
2012-01-03 10:46:23 AM
Library Police. *shudder*

Next we know, they'll be sending the Langoliers.
 
mitchcumstein1 [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 11:23:35 AM
i386.photobucket.com
 
eddyatwork
2012-01-03 11:55:41 AM
Conan the Librarian approves.
 
I_Am_Weasel [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 11:56:38 AM
And now for a weak comment...

"Book her, Dano."
 
Cagey B
2012-01-03 12:48:27 PM
I can't find a non-Moonie, non-blog or non-Murdoch source on this story. But I'm sure the article isn't leaving anything out.
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 01:02:24 PM
namegoeshere: Library Police. *shudder*

Next we know, they'll be sending the Langoliers.

That's why the Doctor always parks his TARDIS 1 second out-of-sync into the FUTURE and not the past. He doesn't want it getting eaten.
 
GAT_00 [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 01:06:25 PM
Cagey B: I can't find a non-Moonie, non-blog or non-Murdoch source on this story. But I'm sure the article isn't leaving anything out.

Nonsense, the Daily Fail and Murdoch have never been known to stretch the truth!
 
namegoeshere
2012-01-03 01:25:37 PM
Cagey B: I can't find a non-Moonie, non-blog or non-Murdoch source on this story. But I'm sure the article isn't leaving anything out.

Here's CBS Boston (new window)
 
Because People in power are Stupid [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 01:27:21 PM
Scofflaw is probably a liberal. (Only liberals use libraries)
 
Lucky LaRue [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 01:28:31 PM
i.dailymail.co.uk
We have an early "2012 Face of Evil" front-runner.
 
Lucky LaRue [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 01:29:57 PM
Because People in power are Stupid: Scofflaw is probably a liberal. (Only liberals use libraries)

D'uh. You'd never catch a conservatard taking advantage of such a patently socialist institution.
 
Fark It [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 01:31:08 PM
What police state?
 
namegoeshere
2012-01-03 01:35:17 PM
Regardless of whether the action was too heavy-handed, Massachusetts state law does state that the non-return of library books is a crime.

I have an overdue book from my Massachusetts childhood, so I'm getting a kick out of this thread. BRB, someone's knocking
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 01:41:15 PM
Biatch gotta learn to respect the law of the library.

Nothin' a good tazing cant cure.
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 02:05:16 PM
Lucky LaRue: [i.dailymail.co.uk image 468x379]
We have an early "2012 Face of Evil" front-runner.

Ehh, more like the "2012 Face of When Good Men Do Nothing" front-runner.
 
H31N0US
2012-01-03 02:33:03 PM
So, a six figure salary (thanks to overtime) is going burn gas and depreciate a $70k cop car to go collect a $0.25 fine for remind a kid to return a $25 book.

I hope the good people of that town are comfortable with their property taxes being what they are.
 
treecologist
2012-01-03 02:33:44 PM
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

/kids gotta learn this early on
 
Gunny Highway
2012-01-03 02:36:49 PM
Ugh. These stories hurt.

/librarian
 
Reverend J
2012-01-03 02:37:15 PM
Cagey B: I can't find a non-Moonie, non-blog or non-Murdoch source on this story. But I'm sure the article isn't leaving anything out.

Yeah they kinda left out the whole part where the library was calling them and e-mailing them for almost a year and asking them to return the books before they sent the cop to bug them about it.
 
The Crepes of Wrath
2012-01-03 02:38:19 PM
xanadian: Ehh, more like the "2012 Face of When Good Men Do Nothing" front-runner.

Or a "2012 Face of Too Many Damn Donuts" front-runner.
 
zjbs14
2012-01-03 02:38:28 PM
Yeah, '71. That was my first year on the job. Bad year for libraries.
Bad year for America. Hippies burning library cards, Abby Hoffman
telling everybody to steal books. I don't judge a man by the length of
his hair or the kind of music he listens to. Rock was never my bag. But
you put on a pair of shoes when you walk into the New York Public
Library, fella.

Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y'know that little stamp,
the one that says "New York Public Library"? Well that may not mean
anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot.
Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before:
Flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you're
thinking. What's this guy making such a big stink about old library
books? Well, let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without
libraries, people like you and me. Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change
the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right
now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees
and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers?
Doesn't HE deserve better? Look. If you think this is about overdue
fines and missing books, you'd better think again. This is about that
kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped! Or: maybe
that turns you on, Seinfeld; maybe that's how y'get your kicks. You and
your good-time buddies. Well I got a flash for ya, joy-boy: Party time
is over. Y'got seven days, Seinfeld. That is one week!
 
NickBob78
2012-01-03 02:38:32 PM
I'm fairly impressed that the mom knows what a ten penny nail is.
 
CheekyMonkey
2012-01-03 02:38:37 PM
FirstNationalBastard: Biatch gotta learn to respect the law of the library.

Nothin' a good tazing cant cure.

Came here to say 'taze the biatch'. Glad I wasn't the only one.
 
Max Awesome
2012-01-03 02:39:36 PM
Wow. The cops never bother me when I whack-it to internet porn in the library.
 
Philip J. Fry
2012-01-03 02:39:51 PM
NickBob78: I'm fairly impressed that the mom knows what a ten penny nail is.

Are you implying she worked as a cheap hooker?
 
Lord Summerisle
2012-01-03 02:40:52 PM
i.dailymail.co.uk

Sergeant Dan Dowd looks like he was carved out of a giant boiled ham by a madman.
 
PlatinumDragon
2012-01-03 02:41:02 PM
Reverend J: Cagey B: I can't find a non-Moonie, non-blog or non-Murdoch source on this story. But I'm sure the article isn't leaving anything out.

Yeah they kinda left out the whole part where the library was calling them and e-mailing them for almost a year and asking them to return the books before they sent the cop to bug them about it.

Still ridiculous to send a cop, but yeah, the part where mom claims to have received no warnings of any kind stinks. Just revoke their borrowing privileges until they return the books and pay up.

It's pretty likely the kid's account has a parent/guardian listed, so this again falls upon the (ir)responsible adult.
 
goatshoes
2012-01-03 02:41:44 PM
He's cute. Do I have to remind the librarian that my books are overdue?
 
D-D-D-Dave
2012-01-03 02:42:41 PM
Lord Summerisle: [i.dailymail.co.uk image 468x379]

Sergeant Dan Dowd looks like he was carved out of a giant boiled ham by a madman.

I for one welcome our ham-carving overlords
 
hailin [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 02:43:07 PM
The mom just wants her 15 minutes of fame. Any normal person would have looked at their child and said "Next time be more responsible or you won't get the check out any books from the library" and let the kid cry for a few minutes. We have laws on file about this too since people were "checking out" new books from the library and then selling them online. Having fines wasn't an arrestable offense until we changed the laws and since book thefts have plummeted saving the taxpayers money. The police didn't arrest the girl, so why this is even a story is beyond me.
 
big pig peaches
2012-01-03 02:45:12 PM
i.dailymail.co.uk
Uneasy: Charlton Police Sergeant Dan Dowd said he did not want to go looking for the missing books


He really just wanted to go looking for where his neck ends and his head begins.
 
slykens1
2012-01-03 02:48:34 PM
Lucky LaRue: [i.dailymail.co.uk image 468x379]
We have an early "2012 Face of Evil" front-runner.

I'm usually one of the first to find fault with the police, however, this guy clearly stated he really didn't want anything to do with it but was delegated the task by the Chief. I wouldn't go calling him a "Face of Evil" front runner on that basis.

It's not like he was asked to round up brown people without PC - there is a law on the books in MA that makes this act unlawful and he was told to enforce it by his Chief.
 
BarbadoSlim
2012-01-03 02:50:00 PM
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

I bet she's attractive and successful too.
 
ows
2012-01-03 02:50:31 PM
that pic reminds me of the family guy episode where bill clinton is watching a fat chick fashion show where he can't tell where the ankle stops and the shin begins.
 
The Crepes of Wrath
2012-01-03 02:50:32 PM
Separated at birth?

i44.tinypic.com
 
Bubonis
2012-01-03 02:50:38 PM
The only thing that shocks me about this article is that the OBVIOUS HARDCORE FELONS weren't pepper sprayed by cops carrying automatic weapons. WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?!?!?
 
nytmare
2012-01-03 02:50:59 PM
And the Mom was all like "no no officer you totally got the wrong guy". "It was my daughter here ... yeah, that's it. That's the ticket. My daughter is the one who stole the book. Using my card. Look at those shifty eyes."
 
CheekyMonkey
2012-01-03 02:51:58 PM
hailin: The mom just wants her 15 minutes of fame. Any normal person would have looked at their child and said "Next time be more responsible or you won't get the check out any books from the library" and let the kid cry for a few minutes. We have laws on file about this too since people were "checking out" new books from the library and then selling them online. Having fines wasn't an arrestable offense until we changed the laws and since book thefts have plummeted saving the taxpayers money. The police didn't arrest the girl, so why this is even a story is beyond me.

Did you really just say that a five-year-old should be more responsible? HINT: It's the mom that should be more responsible...
 
IPKnightly
2012-01-03 02:52:06 PM
hailin: .... The police didn't arrest the girl, so why this is even a story is beyond me.

But the precious little snowflake cried. Isn't that just heartbreaking?

Nobody should ever tell a little girl she did something wrong, and especially not a cop. This, right here, is precisely what could happen.
 
I_ROUTE
2012-01-03 02:53:06 PM
colinspooky: Or perhaps it was the parent that caused the problem. Can't really see the youngster saying: "Oh, mum, do we have to go to the library to take the books back. I would rather not." And mum saying: "Yeah, what's the worst that can happy over some smelly library books."


i.dailymail.co.uk

/You accidentally the verb
 
Profedius
2012-01-03 02:53:11 PM
I don't see an issue here. Having overdue books is a crime so who else are you going to send aside from the police to collect the books and fines. A child can not have a library card without a legal guardian also signing and being ultimately responsible for the books that are checked out so the police didn't go after the 5 year old they went after the mother for being irresponsible.
 
Cargo
2012-01-03 02:54:34 PM
The Crepes of Wrath: Separated at birth?

[i44.tinypic.com image 400x446]


Y'know, I've always wondered . . .

. . . just what the f*ck is that?
 
prop3 [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 02:55:41 PM
FTA: "It was part of a blitz on $4,000 worth of unpaid fines."

So either the library is tiny, or this four thousand is all for this one customer. My libraries fines owed is well into the millions.
 
stirfrybry
2012-01-03 02:59:27 PM
Cagey B: I can't find a non-Moonie, non-blog or non-Murdoch source on this story. But I'm sure the article isn't leaving anything out.

TRANSLATION: I'm too farking stupid to use google
 
RockChalkH1N1
2012-01-03 03:00:11 PM
The books were months overdue, mother deserved it
 
hailin [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 03:01:32 PM
CheekyMonkey: Did you really just say that a five-year-old should be more responsible? HINT: It's the mom that should be more responsible...

You know, at five I was responsible for returning my library books. The one time I forgot and the library called my mom I got grounded for a week. Since when did five become such a tender age kids shouldn't be expected to be responsible one iota?

Also at five I had to feed the cats, take out the kitchen garbage, clean the catboxes, clean my room, clean my part of the bathroom, clean the toy room, and pick up dog poop in the yard before my dad mowed the lawn. I guess my parents were just horrible ogre parents.

/"Returning my library books" either was me riding my bike the four blocks away to drop them off or have my mother drop them off on her way to work. I was still responsible for knowing when they needed to be back.
 
ha-ha-guy
2012-01-03 03:02:16 PM
namegoeshere: Regardless of whether the action was too heavy-handed, Massachusetts state law does state that the non-return of library books is a crime.

I have an overdue book from my Massachusetts childhood, so I'm getting a kick out of this thread. BRB, someone's knocking

You should see the federal penalties for damaging or defacing and item kept in a library considered a federal depository.
 
Bloody William
2012-01-03 03:03:47 PM
The Crepes of Wrath: Separated at birth?

[i44.tinypic.com image 400x446]

Holy fark, a Sontaran frat brother!
 
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