my world in words.

As with most libraries, my university library charges you for returning books late. A standard book costs 80p a day if you don’t get it back on time. Course Collection is where they keep the ultimate books that everyone wants. These books cost 80p per HOUR that they’re late! They’re kept in their own little room with their own security sensors. To be honest, I’m surprised they haven’t hired bouncers to go on the entrance because if the alarms go off, which happened to me yesterday, librarians start running at you from all directions. You can only have a Course Collection book for 6 hours and NOT A MINUTE LONGER, seriously. The only way to get around this is to take the book out on a Friday after 4pm, that way you can keep it until Monday 10am, crafty. You MUST return the book before 10am or 4pm depending on when you took it out. Literally, they’re not lying when they say the machines are sensitive. The biggest fine I ever received from Course Collection alone was £5.60.

Today, at 9:40am I realised I had a Course Collection book. Damn. Twenty minutes to race to the library else goodbye 80p, money which I have big plans for. Fortunately, as I happen to have the BEST boyfriend in the world EVER he said he would drive me to the library. Driving to the library in itself is not easy. Firstly, after a cold night the windows were misted up and the low winter sun meant difficult driving conditions. Secondly, men stand at the entrances to the university which means you can’t drive onto campus unless you have, I don’t know, a permit or a life threatening reason or something. The first man turned us away. The second man we simply just drove up to and I jumped out and quite simply ran to the library. Not cool but I’ve lost too much money to that library over the past 3 years. The time, according to the check in point in Course Collection was 9:58am, RESULT! Take that Course Collection! My 80p is safe for yet another day!