When I move I intend to get a new library card for Cols. Public Library. But....it is making me nervous.
You see, I am the only person I know of who has EVER had their library card REVOKED!!! What if a red flag comes up when they put my SS# into their system?!
It happened back in 1979 or so. I was going thru a major breakup and I guess I was depressed. I had out about 12 books from Cols. Public Library. They were all stacked neatly on an end table. I would look at them sadly every day but somehow just couldn't garner the energy to take them back to the library...
Time passed and letters from the library came and went into the circular file. Finally I received the MOST HUMILIATING letter informing me that my borrowing priveleges had been revoked!
And.. I felt so guilty! On New Years' eve of that year I couldn't take it any longer.. I felt like I had to start the year without this hanging over my head. So my BFF, Gretchen, called the library for me. We made up this ridiculous story about how I was out of the country - mountain climbing in the Himalayas- no less- and hadn't been able to return the books! "How much did I owe if they were returned that day?" I think it was twenty some dollars...not bad considering. So we packed up the books and taped a check in an envelope to the top and dropped them off in the book slot. It was such a relief!!.
Then I frequented the Westerville Public library for many years. They did not know about my chequered past!
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