Sign taped to the front window of the Mount Pleasant Branch Library:

PLEASE DO NOT DROP OFF DONATED BOOKS AT NIGHT. THEY GET RAINED ON, PEED ON, RIPPED & RIPPED OFF. WE USUALLY THROW THEM OUT. PLEASE BRING DONATIONS INSIDE DURING REGULAR HOURS AND PUT THEM IN BASEMENT. IF YOU CAN’T BRING THEM INSIDE WE DON’T WANT THEM!!! THANK YOU. —Joe Dempsey