The library gang

[ladyofastolat]

Quote of the day on the BBC news magazine:

"I am a member of Appledore library" - Devon teenager asked by New York social workers what street gang she was in.

I think this opens up a whole new world of possibilities in library marketing to teenagers...

EDIT: The above post was made before reading the story behind the quote.

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[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I hadn't read the story when I posted, either. I was just amused by the image of a library as street gang.

The story is pretty shocking. It makes you wonder if this sort of thing is normal, of if it was one of those one-in-a-million cases of miscommunication. When I read nightmare stories of holiday-makers falling ill in America, I'm always very grateful for the National Health Service.