To The Urbana Free Library:
Why, for the love of Pete, do you persist in re-shelving DVDs that are scratched beyond all salvation?
We checked out three of your children’s DVDs this week, and not one, not two, BUT ALL THREE DVDS COULD NOT BE PLAYED.
Do you know what it sounds like when a sick, tired and hungry 3-year-old girl is told that the DVD she begged for from the library, the DVD she was promised if she just FOR GOOD GOD’S SAKE TOOK A REST ON THE COUCH, does NOT PLAY PROPERLY?
Here’s an idea: take a hyena, burn it with a flaming poker, and then run it over with your car. THAT IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
I just paid $34 in library fines to your good institution. My fault, I know. But here’s an idea — why don’t you take that cash and BUY SOME NEW MOTHERFUCKING CHILDREN’S DVDS?
Sincerely,
Mrs. Chicken
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I’m employing much less offensive language at The Full Mommy today, reviewing a toy that is ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY perfect for 3-month-old babies. Not enough incentive to click over? YOU CAN WIN ONE, MY BITCHES.
Peace out.
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Ah yes, the UFL…I spent 100 loooooong community service hours there one semester fulfilling my sentence from an underage drinking ticket back in 1999. 100 hours labeling videos. Thank you for taking me back to that superawesomefantastic time
I totally de-lurked just to tell you that.
that sucks, especially given that you paid $34 to the library when you could have probably bought all 3 of those videos new.
Our library is the same way. It sucks!
Ughhh that really sucks. We’ve stopped renting movies from the local movie store for that exact reason! I hate renting movies only to have them not play or freeze every two seconds.
I fully understand the torment and pain you suffered today. This weekend we had to try and explain to Princess that we would love to show her the DVD that she earned but there was no way to play it because our DVD player broke.
There is no other word that I can post here with other than *snort*
Oh … you don’t know how happy you’ve made me. I thought I may be the only one who pays $34 library fines.
Last year, I think my fines alone could have paid for an entire shelf of DVDs.
Champaign library does the same damn thing. Grrrrr.
My kids are told, right up front, that the DVD may not play and if it doesn’t, we will get something else next time. It happens pretty frequently but the kids don’t seem to phased by it because they know up front that it is a possibility
Sing it sister. I feel your pain.
You kill me
Part of the problem is that when a DVD doesn’t play, people just turn them in without telling them. I always put a note on the front or give it to the desk person and they will repair it or replace it. Otherwise they assume it works and put it back on the shelf.
I think a big problem is that apparently some people let their kids crawl on the floor holding multiple un-cased DVD’s and scratch them all to hell.
Why don’t you take your $34 and go get a Netflix subscription? Plenty of DVDs for the kids and you too.
Get ‘em tiger. Can I give you the contact information for some people I’d like you to speak to on my behalf?
A*Fucking*Men sista! Srsly. I could just see the meltdown in my house if that had happened.
Sorry I’ve been away for so long. Life has been crazy and blogging had to take a back seat. I’ve missed reading your blog. Glad to see all is well. The boy is growing so fast!
I love it when you lose it. It’s always very amusing.
However, I do understand your pain.
You know what it’s like when you tell a group of about 50 2-6-year-olds that the DVD one of them brought from home is unplayable/age-restricted/porn?
(Ok, so we’ve never had ACTUAL porn… but little Bongani sneaks some very dodgy stuff out of his parents’ DVD collection).
But either way… yeah, the sound isn’t pretty. Not at all.
And that is a REALLY AWESOME TOY btw. Really really awesome…
I wish my school had the budget to get toys like this for the baby room. My resident 5-month-old would LOVE it.
I’m sorry, but aren’t the DVD’s at the library free? If you want your kid to watch some movie, go rent it. Or buy it. No one is making you get it at the library.
You could’ve also opened the case to see if the DVD was scratched before you left.
Would you rather have no library?
Or are you, as you are in most posts, just complaining?
To paraphrase a famous songstress, it’s my blog and I will complain if I want to. If you want sunshine up your ass, go elsewhere.
Theoretically, as an Urbana taxpayer, I paid for those DVDs already.
Peace out.
your library probably doens’t know. I hope you told them when you returned them, cuz I’ll bet they have no idea.
How many more days until you move away?
Netflix has the same issues. We returned many a DVD that was broken or unplayable.
Yes – and Netflix will immediately mail you a new DVD if you report the problematic disc on the website, and they’re fast!!!
I luv me some Netflix.
I learned this the hard way when we borrowed DVDs and then went on vacation. In the car, the DVDs wouldn’t play and the kids were so upset. I feel your pain. I gave up on the library and got a Netflix subscription.
And you complain on, girl! I love it when you rant.
Ooooh, I’d be furious!
“Peace Out!” I love it!! I’m actually pretty hysterical over those who felt the need to step up and defend scratched DVD’s from the library!!
Are you afraid the DVD’s will get a complex? Are you afraid she hurt the librarians feelings? I’ll bet it pissed her off worse than Mrs C.
The fact of the matter is it sucks when you have a simple expecatation and it doesn’t get met. Sometimes it’s the really simple things that get to me most.
You go! Mrs.C
“p – p -p eace out!”
ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!
I looooove this side of you.
I’d be mad too.
ah, you found one of my pet peeves. I sure wish folks would take better care of the property they borrow from the rest of us, then perhaps those DVDs wouldn’t be so scratched.
I keep a CD/DVD polisher and usually send those disks back in better condition than when I got them. I can’t think of any other way to be.
It would also be nice if the library staff noticed occasionally.
The library always cleans or replaces DVDs — IF they are told there’s a problem. The staff looks for scratches, but if 600-1000 are returned in the morning they can easily miss something.