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Two Ph.Ds and a Juris Doctor??
This email is terribly written… Education FAIL.
They’ll give PhD’s out to anyone now. Maybe I should go ask for one on my lunch break tomorrow.
For someone with so many degrees their grasp of basic English grammar is pretty terrible. You would also think a law degree would help them understand a little bit about ‘privacy’ and ‘data protection’.
Actually, he’ll need to take that complaint to the federal government. It’s illegal for libraries to release or even record patrons’ check-out history.
Pretty sure they record the patrons’ history. Because they can be required to release it to the gov’t. That came about with the Patriot Act, iirc.
Actually, unless there is a fine for material many libraries do not save patron records after the book is returned to circumvent that. They can’t even tell the patron which books he’s checked out for himself in the past because the record is wiped as soon as it is scanned as checked in.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/ifissues/usactlibrarians.cfm
Check out this story about librarians that refused to hand over patron information to the FBI after being served a National Security Letter (the official demand, based on provisions in the PATRIOT Act). The FBI has to be able to demonstrate that such records are needed for national security, they cannot just demand whatever just because. The librarians refused to hand over the records based on the FBI’s inability to justify the need, and the courts upheld it. This lawyer/Psychiatrist won’t do any better.
If he’s such a big wig attorney, shouldn’t he be able to afford his own books and not worry about folded pages?
Most psychologists are only in the profession because they’re crazy. Not only that, but this dude has such compulsion issues that he got another degree in law. Completely unsurprising that this fellow is a few cards short of a deck.
Five year quest. Way too much dedication over a crease. Wonder what would happen if someone were to underline a key point in red and he found it.
He’s got two PhDs and still uses the word “gotten”
He clearly bought them
Actually, “gotten” is perfectly acceptable in American usage. It’ll annoy people in the UK though.
I’m a librarian, and one of the foremost tenets of the profession is patron privacy. Almost every public library has a policy that says they will not release the names of people who’ve borrowed a certain book. In some places, it is STATE LAW that library borrowing records cannot be revealed without a subpoena. I wonder if this lawyer lives in one of those states? Computerized library systems are generally programmed to purge your name once a book is returned. Thus, in some cases, it’s literally impossible to provide the names of previous borrowers. I do wonder, though, why no one’s told Mr. PhDPhDJD these things. When I was an assistant director at a public library, it was my job to attempt a polite conversation with this type of a-hole. But I only have two MA’s. He probably would have won.
Makes me wonder what kind of fit he would throw at a video rental store over a scratched DVD. I bet the Attorney, Realestate Agent and Dentist Orly Taitz was a classmate of his. They are both obviously misguided.
“You really don’t want me showing up at the next Board meeting.”
I bet those people at the library are shaking in their boots right now XD
Anyway, I’m pretty sure everyone who goes to those board meetings are shaking in their boots now: He’ll probably take several DAYS complaining, not something they’re looking forward to I think.
Apparently not even a JD and a PHd can get this guy laid.
So he focuses on stupid, insignificant CRAP.
What a complete douchebag. Someone needs to get a fucking life.
OCD much?
Wow. What a snooty twat.
“have not gotten a satesfactory answer”
the library was probably telling him to go f himself for such a rediculous and clearly illegal request, so now he wants it in writing to prove to the feds how crazy he is….what a f’ing joke of “doctor”…
I bet this jerk off is married to Liz Becton
Besides the fact that it’s ILLEGAL (something he should be familiar with, being a lawyer and all.) It could become expensive to do. (Tax payer dollars, hard at work for you!) If you don’t like doggy eared pages, BUY YOUR OWN BOOKS!!!!
It probably won’t surprise anyone that this guy makes mad cash getting guys off the hook for sexual abuse of children. DL wasn’t hard to find using the “crazy man” email info and his propensity for tooting his own horn all over the internet.
What a jerk.
He does have a point, but he’s also an aggressive bully who deserves to be ridiculed for that email.
What about people who read books in the library but do not check them out?
Library understanding fail.
What’s a library?
It’s pretty sad that with all of your education, and all of the important causes out there that need fighting for, you choose the cause “Stop Dog-Earing the Pages in Library Books”.
You sir, are a joke.
Once again, proof that just because you have the ability to memorize something in a book in order to pass a test at school doesn’t neccisarily make you smart.
This guy is a pompus ass.
Never mind all the wars and murders and rapes going on in the world, we need to worry about a small corner at the top of your BORROWED book being bent in. Oh dear Lord, NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Unless they’re ripping up pages to mark them, who gives a shit?
Actually, even then, who gives a shit? If you want perfect, pristine pages, GO BUY YOUR OWN BOOKS. With such a fine resume you should have no problem paying. I’m a student with a shit-tastic cashier job and I can afford them…err…some.
Fucker.
I think I’m gonna dog ear all my library books now, just to piss guys like this off.
this is the guy that wrote the letter…
http://www.lorandoslaw.com/Bio/DemosthenesLorandos.asp
Okay, lesson learned! I didn’t think that naming the goober-tot would be allowed (that’s why I only gave his initials) but it is.
Sweet.
I cannot even begin to tell you how futile it is to tell a librarian or anyone else that your tax payments are paying their salary/paying for books.
Really, when I worked in the library and people said that, we would just laugh and laugh. Not to mention, it was always the craziest, most lunatic-like people that said things like this.
Really, librarians don’t care if you pay your taxes, and they know that such a tiny, itsy-bitsy portion of your taxes are actually going to the library.
Really, saying you pay for books and salaries is INCREDIBLY pointless. It only makes you a pompous jerk, and the butt of others’ jokes.
Two PhD’s, eh? Cool, you can kiss my ass TWICE.
If you have two PH.Ds and a law degree, buy your own fucking books.
Hate to tell you, but “gotten” is the past perfect of the English verb “to get.” In the UK, people seem to use “have got,” but “have gotten” is correct in American English.
There are a lot of things you can hate this person for, but incorrect grammar isn’t one of them.
Actually, Abigail, it IS. Perhaps not in that sentence, but re-read the rest of the letter. It’s full of errata.
I think this should be on passiveaggressivenotes.com, really.
You know . . . he’s talking like he’s supposed to have some sort of special privilege because he’s *gasp* a tax payer, but the people who dog eared the pages are also *gasp* tax payers. So, technically, the books that they’re dog earring are theirs, as well, right? Though, as KTA said, very little of tax payer money goes into the actual books themselves.
Though, speaking as a librarian, I’ll second the other thing KTA said. Try to threaten us with the whole, “I pay your salary because I pay taxes” shit, and you’ll either get laughed at, or a, “Yeah, I pay taxes, too, so that means I pay my own salary” response.
–Try to threaten us with the whole, “I pay your salary because I pay taxes” shit, and you’ll either get laughed at, or a, “Yeah, I pay taxes, too, so that means I pay my own salary” response.–
Exactly what I think when I hear it. Another way I’ve thought of going is to have everybody in the library vote on whether the complainer is being reasonable or a total dickweed. After all, they pay taxes too, so they each get an equal say.
What a d-bag. Interesting that this dude managed to earn “two Ph.D.’s and a law degree” without ever taking an English class along the way.
I’m sure the words “formal inquiry” struck fear into the hearts of all library board members . . . .
OH NOES. Bent pages! The world is coming to an end.
You’d think somebody with a PhD would have better things to do with his time then obsess over the bent pages of library books.
Just as long as the books are readable, who the heck cares if they are a bit bent and banged up?
Two Ph D’s and a Law Degree?!!?…I didn’t know that the Cracker Jack Corporation had branched out into the education fields.
I’ll betcha if this guy shows up at a meeting with the attitude he has here that someone will also have a boot to break off in his ass when they hit the eject button….
I’m sure no one wants to see this guy at the next Board Meeting. Or at the supermarket. Or anywhere within their field of vision save, perhaps, in front of their moving vehicle. Two PhDs, Jesus Christ–that’s why I stuck with my MA!
I am a licensed analyst and a registered therapist. And in my opinion as a professional analrapist, this person has serious bibliomania. I also think that as a lawyer and clinical psychologist, he should be making enough money to buy his own books.
i have to admit i’m with the writer in that creasing pages is a horrible habit if it’s not your own book. unfortunatly it’s just one of those things we have to put up with like, people smoking or people spitting on the sidewalk….
With two Ph.D’s and a J.D. I doubt this guy ever got around to actually becoming an attorney. He’s probably working on his M.D. so he can continue to try and look smart and never have to get a real job.
okay we get it you PAY TAXES
stop using that stupid excuse.
wow. this person has so many qualifications, and THIS is what they are worried about? haha love it.
That fundamental confusion between ours and mine rears it’s head again.
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It’s our book but I should make the rules on how it’s used.
YES THAT MAKES SENSE
*presses send*
I’m sure they DON’T want him to show up at a board meeting. Mainly because he’d be a pain in the @ss.
This just confirms my suspicion that psychologists are some of the craziest people out there. I’ll stay away from psychologist-lawyer combos from now on…
*Two* PhDs and a JD?
All the alphabet soup in the world will not make up for being an a******. And he must have a really big one, because he appears to be talking out of it…
It’s ok. They’re not real doctorates.
LOL, psychology and law.
I’m a librarian, and I spent six years in a job where I actually had to deal with people like this: delusional jerks who turn some trivial matter into a crusade, demand that we do exactly as they want, and play the “I pay your salary” card. They are everywhere, have endless free time, and are very attracted to libraries for some reason.
I would listen to them rant, then explain politely but firmly that I wasn’t going to do what they wanted. They would then demand to speak to my “supervisor.” Little did they know that the whole reason they were talking to *me* was that the boss didn’t want to waste time dealing with nutcases.
I also got threatened a lot, just like this guy does — the whole “you don’t want me as an enemy” crap. They fantasize about making a dramatic speech at a meeting like a character in a Frank Capra movie, but have no idea how stupid they look.
Two PhD’s? So it wasn’t enough for him to receive a doctorate in philosophy, he loved it so much that he repeated the process at another school. One doctorate in philosophy (which is what a PhD is) wasn’t enough for this guy. No sir, he needed one from two different schools.(I can’t imagine the same institution accepting him as a doctoral candidate twice for the same discipline)
He should be glad it was dog-eared pages and not booger-smeared like the book I got. Totally disgusting.
Is he seriously so cheap that even with two Ph.D.s he can’t afford to just buy his own books?
I had a book where somene had issued a gluelike substance that made the pages stick. My biggest concern was that. . .they’d think I did it. So with that in mind, I just put glue on all the pages to hide my tracks.
I shouldn’t be drinking when I make lawyers. They always turn out so Medamned crazy. Still, every time he prays to be able to end his virginity it makes Me laugh so hard. He can’t understand why hookers won’t take his cash! HAH! I work mostly in mysterious ways, but sometimes it’s funnier to Me to just be a dick for no reason, especially to guys like this.
I worked in a library for a time and a lady made a similar complaint, although she didnt have the gall to ask for previous borrower’s data. She did, however, resort to folding in half a single page for every book she returned from that point on. She was more offended that we wouldn’t rise to the arguement…
I love how the idoit undelines “So,now Im asking for a witten policy” as if it were a citing some type of publication using MLA.