I can’t stand that they feel entitled to take all the books, but what can I do?
One claims that she takes them to give to her students, meaning she either has several hundred students, or they all read a few dozen books at a time. They also seem to have tastes ranging from beginning-reader books to Stephen King thrillers to romance novels to cookbooks. I’m pretty sure they are all being sold somewhere.
But really, I don’t know what to do. It isn’t a police matter, and in the grand scheme of things it’s not that important, but I can’t stand these two women feeling entitled to take all of the books in the neighborhood.Congratulations on your newfound status as a librarian. You have already noticed that the job comes with the right to dictate the rules, if not the enviable ability to shush people .
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