Doing Good

We did some good at work this afternoon. This poor boy of about 16 had had his books issued and then seemed to be hanging around the counter looking a bit scared. Outside there was a group of about 8 lads hanging around, not something we get very often, but nothing too unusual in Bracknell. Anyone the boy in the library had a quiet word with Margaret and asked if we could possibly help him. It turned out that these lads were waiting for him, to beat him senseless as they'd been bullying him for the last couple of years. They've put him in hospital a couple of times, so he said, and he seemed to be really frightened of them.
I had to admit I was a little dubious about his story, but after a little chat with Margaret, I took him downstairs so that he could leave through the side door into the town and avoid them.He was ever so grateful, which was nice, but I was still in half a mind to not quite believe him.

However, I soon changed my mind. About five minutes later the lads started coming into the library, two by two to hunt him out. I challenged each group as they wandered around the library, and each time they told me they were looking for someone who should be in the library. How nasty. Actually I found the level of obsession really horrible, so it was rather good to have outfoxed them and ensured the guy got away from them this time. I hope he was OK.

Later on we stopped someone who was downloading porn on the library PCs. This guy was watching a video of naked jiggling bottoms and videoing it on his mobile. Well he was until we flashed up the "Inappropriate use of the Internet" message on his screen and logged him off! Ha!