UUGH! Damn law students... (rant) [View All]

[huskerlaw]

It's bad enough that I have to work on a Sunday, and even worse that I had to work at the Circ desk for an hour while the normal worker took a lunch break, but then...the damn law students! Seriously.

I used to be one myself. I realize it's finals week, but come-the-fuck on, kids. Here's the situation. There's a book that an entire class needs in order to either write a paper or study for the final. The library has one copy. Why the idiot professor set it up so that an entire class would be fighting for one book during the same week is beyond me, but anyway... So there's a list of students waiting for the book. They can check it out for 2 hours at a time.

So the girl who currently has it comes up to the desk and asks to renew the book. I tell her there's a hold on it, meaning that someone else needs it, so no she can't renew. She gets all pissy and starts complaining about how yesterday she had waited 5 hours to get the book and she sure as hell wasn't giving it back until she was done. I apologized for yesterday's inconvenience but said that I couldn't renew the book, that she had to return it and put her name on the list if she needed it again. She says, "Well, the book is upstairs and I'm not returning it. I don't give a shit if someone else needs it." I look at her with disbelief. She continues, "Look. I need it. I'm keeping it. And you all don't give fines anyway, so it's not like there's a penalty or anything."

I reply, "That's true. We work on the honor's system. We figure that you all are mature enough to handle the rules. Of course, some people are more honorable than others."

She rolls her eyes and walks away, saying "I'll return it when I'm done."

The title of the book? California Guide to Professional Responsibility. Yup, legal ethics. Maybe I should let her keep it since she obviously doesn't have any of her own.

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