Why We Can't Have Nice Things

[kevin_standlee]

A business a couple of blocks from our house put up one of those Free Library kiosks. While most of the books in it were not to my taste, I did take one once (and took it back when I finished reading it), and I also have contributed a few books to it. Last night, I found that it was closed.



Someone smashed out the glass in the box for some reason and the owner closed it down. There's no indication whether it will reopen.

I wonder what motivates someone to vandalize a free library. Sheer cussedness, I guess.

Comments

[clothsprogs]

Sadly it's not just vandalism that caused such ventures to fail.

The one in the waiting room at the staion here started out fine, dozens of bopoks on a little book-case all ready to be borrowed. But people didn't return the books or donate others so the last I saw of it, there were just three extremely battered and dog-eared books on the windowsill of the waiting room and the bookcase wasn't even there any more.

Teddy

[garyomaha]

This makes me angry (even though I've never been to Fernley). We have a Free Library right down the street from me (at a neighbor's home) and it's lasted since before we moved in here. It's a cool idea. Someone who would vandalize it reminds me of Certain Kids in school who broke things "just because" they felt like it. Where does that mindset come from? Bah.