Common Sense 101
Every now and then I peruse BYU's news website, mainly for laughs. Today I noticed an article about a guy who is upset that the library is fining him $700 for highlighting in five books he checked out. First of all, I'm astounded that someone could reach the age of twenty-seven and not understand that you don't get to write in library books. Heck, S-Boogie just turned four and she knows that library books are special. Second of all, I think it's funny that the article mentions that the guy's wife told him not to do it, but he ignored her. The third thing that I found ridiculous was that they guy was complaining because he can't afford the fines since he's a "married student". OK, so my husband and I were married students for a very long time (and still are). What really bugs me at BYU though is how so many people use the fact that they are married as some sort of cop out. Like they didn't make a conscious choice to get married and to be poor during school. Um, did no one tell you that you won't be special because you're going to a university where nearly half the students are married? If you want to get married when you're 22 and still in school, fine. Just don't whine about it all the time. And if you're mature enough to get married, you're certainly mature enough to know that it is bad to write in library books.
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http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/40349
It's one of my favorites of all time. I especially like the part where his wife tries to make it sound like he's just a do-gooder and that trying to enforce the honor code and travel laws is somehow under his purview.
That guy is a doofus.
When I was at USU there a was a feature in the Statesman called "Police Blotter." My roommates and I would wait for it to come out every Friday to gales of laughter. We cut out all the best and hung them around the mirror.
I'm not sure which was worse, the dumb things people got up to or the USU Police Department's impotence at handling each situation.
That much competition to get into the Home-Ec Major, eh? Wow. Who knew.
The "I'm a married student" thing gets me - as if he were sucked into the situation through no fault of his own? And nevermind that married students with low income get excellent grant money.
I've learned a lot since then.
Also, people who write in library books deserve to have their hands cut off. I bet he was one of those weirdos who highlights just about every other word in the first chapter and then just gives up for some reason.