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Originally Posted by haertig
I don't begrudge anybody for being in front of me in the hold line. They got there first, so of course they should be in front of me. It's not like they're ticket scalpers - rushing to be first in line to get something that they have no intention of using, only to immediately sell it at a profit. Library book loans are not like that.
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It doesn't quite work like that. Sure, those that came first shall get the book first. Suspending is keeping your spot, even moving up all the way to #1. So after months of waiting you make it to #2, and you should get the book soonish, right? Except now 4 or 5 people unsuspend their holds and all of them jump ahead of you. They may have never worried about exactly when they get there, since they have 20 other books also on suspend.