I called the library this morning and they searched the shelves for the cds they showed as missing, and they found one of them. So they said they’d take the other one off my account. Joe called them and they did the same thing; they found 4 out of the 5 they claimed were missing, so they removed the last one off his account too. Obviously it occurred to them if they had shelved these cds without first checking them in, that we weren’t lying about returning them. Who knows what happened to the two they couldn’t find, though.
Our choices, so we don’t ever have to deal with this shit again, are either having them check in our materials in front of us every time we drop them off, or find a new library. I’ve opted for the latter since I’m not very fond of the place to begin with. One of the neighboring towns has a library that is right off the main street I take back and forth to work, so it’s really convenient to use their facilities.
Joe and I applied for access to their library after work. They called our old library to confirm we were in good standing which I was a bit worried about, but there wasn’t a problem so they must have cleared our accounts of the fines already. Whew. Glad that is over with! I was a bit surprised that they charge to borrow dvds ($1), but we rent for free anyway thanks to my Discover Blockbuster card, so it’s no big deal. I just hope we don’t have any issues with this new library.