I'm always amazed at how trusting patrons are of other people, especially when it comes to their valuable possessions. Many times I've seen someone leave their expensive laptop, iPod, or cell phone unattended while they spend a few minutes in the bathroom or run to the main building to break a dollar. Reading incident reports at the college can make you think criminals run rampant here, but I'm honestly surprised there aren't more theft issues.
Speaking of thievery, there was a story circulating a few months ago about a couple who was stealing books from several different libraries to resell them. Their scam was elaborate, involving disguises and different identities to register courtesy cards. I think we pinpointed ten different accounts in our system that belonged to them. They were eventually found out when whoever they were selling the materials to recognized our stamps on the books. I wonder what gave them the idea to rip off libraries.
- Circ. Ass.
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