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A Library book was returned to us by the student in a condition that has us shaking our heads.
There were holes in the end papers at the inside back and one page deeper. Even the date due paper had holes eaten through it, though it had been crumpled up.
We figure the book got propped open by a pencil or something. From what the student said the damage was done by ..slugs.

Date: 2010-05-14 02:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luzestrellera.livejournal.com
slugs???? eeeekks!!! had to be a scary one to do such holes and where the hell did this person have that book? i mean, to be attacked by slugs... i don't want to picture the student's house....XD

Date: 2010-05-14 06:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com
We just.. um.. *shakes head*
Students will leave their backpacks just anywhere sometimes or their friends will leave it for them hopefully not maliciously. We had one of our books come back damp on the outside, when I opened it the book had totally spotted with mold and was still wet inside and then there was the one that came back with a large spider living inside it.

It makes sense that slugs would eat paper, they eat dead and not dead vegetation but there's something about those rasped holes that just ,, *sighs*

Date: 2010-05-14 01:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] voidmancer.livejournal.com
D: I hate it when people mistreat books. I mean, it sometimes gets folded up in my bag but I don't poke them with holes :| wth.

Slugs? D: Srsly?

Date: 2010-05-15 02:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com
You should hear what I am thinking when I go to the shelves and find that the books have been attacked by the hords. Some of the students who are new to our country, some who aren't so new too, leave the shelves with the books backwards, sideways, upside down, eaten by other books and falling on the floor. They aren't use to libraries and their teachers will send them at 6 to 8 students with 10 minutes to find a book and return to the class. Feeding frenzy occurs while I'm helping others check out.

Slugs. Makes me wonder what the rest of the items in the backpack looked like. Only the date due slip was crumpled and the holes were not poked but more like acid dissolved or in the case of the inside cover bored slightly. Slugs eat dead plant matter.. paper fits.

Date: 2010-05-20 01:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] awstuff4friends.livejournal.com
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!

Date: 2010-05-20 03:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com
*laughs* Yes, that was my thoughts exactly. Something disquieting about snail teething on something as solid as a book.

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