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“Ahhh enforcer enforcer, I thought you looked tough, double tough. Go see Officer Jefferson, Officer Jefferson. Good luck, luck,” with that, and one more truly brilliant smile, he gestures you to a set of stairs you hadn’t noticed.

They take you down to an even lower level where there are jail cells lining either side of a corridor. On each very old school barred door you see signs which read OVERDUE, DAMAGED LIBRARY MATERIALS, STOLE BOOKS and so on. You are relieved to see that all of them are empty. At the end of the hall you meet Officer Jefferson. He is a tall man with fiery red hair tied back into a ponytail. He smiles and shakes your hand.

“Nice to meet you, hope the little prison here didn’t make you nervous. We don’t use any of these anymore, we’re much too enlightened now. The research wing has been working on a new ray for us to use on the really delinquent cases. Take a look at it.” The thing that he hands you looks a lot like something out of Star Trek. It isn’t gun shaped at all, more like a cell phone really. It is shiny chrome and surprisingly warm to the touch. “The great thing about this is that it will make people WANT to return their books and pay any fees which they owe the library. I’ve got a great test case for you to try it out on. Here’s his record:”

• Timothy “Bleeding Knuckles” Mafiosina
• Currently Overdue!

Titles Held:

• Extortion for Dummies
• Murder Can be Fun and Fun Can be Murder
• The Films of Francis Ford Coppola
• How to Win Friends and Influence People

“His address is in Little Italy, it shouldn’t be too much trouble.”

As you head out to make your collection you can’t help wondering just how much help this little untested machine is going to be. A job is a job after all, you just really hope that this one won’t be your last.

There are no jail cells in any library in New York City. Unfortunately there are also not any ray guns which will get people to return their books on time.