So, the smug ladies auxiliary of the Calgary Public Library Board have done away with late fines for children. How dumb. Heard an interview with the chair who said, "We want children to feel safe when they come to the library." Whaaaaaat??!! Safety in a library might be threatened were fines imposed?! Frankly, if there is any place safer than a public library, I can't name it.
Apparently, they believe kids with late fines are too scared to show up because they might be....what exactly??! Jailed? How does this teach kids responsibility? It doesn't. So, what's going to happen now is that kids will not return books at all. I mean, why bother? Who cares about the next kid on the waiting list for that book, no fine no return.
This is a very dumb idea.-- especially when everything is online and kids can easily renew. "This might be the difference between putting food on the table," said Ms. Goodie Two Shoes. Oh, I see. Paying a teensy fine might mean kids go without food. OMG! How about teaching kids to be responsible. Well, my Gawd. That's waaaaaay too radical. Apparently.
What really made me nearly drive off the road was the money this idiocy will cost. I thought maybe a few hundred or so. No. The amount the library will lose is.....wait for it.....sit down.....hydrate: $400,000!!!!!
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The latest BS is female rock climbers who won't climb precipices named after men. I am not kidding! This was on the front page of The Globe and Mail today. Really! What have I always said? Women are their own worst enemies.
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