Sunday, February 15, 2009

You can't fix stupid

Via Insty comes the sad tale of a woman arrested for an overdue library book, along with some quality snark:
WELL, IT’S NOT LIKE SHE FAILED TO PAY TAXES AND THEN GOT NOMINATED TO A CABINET POSITION:
I don't care who you are, now that's funny.

But snark aside, if you read the article at the link, you'll find some interesting information:
Court records show library employees tried repeatedly to contact Koontz by phone and mail. A police officer even visited her home last September.

Officials at the Buchanan County jail say Koontz was released after posting $250 bond.
I'm with the police on this one. They called to say the book was overdue and please bring it back. And called and called. They sent a policeman, not to arrest her, but to tell her that they called and called. What was she waiting for?

Like Ron White says, you can't fix stupid.

2 comments:

jon spencer said...

There is a simple solution to this sort of problem.
When a person gets a library card they must also put a credit card number down.
If they do not have a credit card, cash would do.
Two weeks overdue and the book is considered sold.

Borepatch said...

Jon, yes that would solve the problem of books being lost or stolen.

It wouldn't solve the problem of this woman being stupid. ;-)