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When was the last time the library charged you a fine? Did you pay it?

I owe them.  I feel so bad.  I am such a procrastinator. 

Posted - July 23, 2016

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  • 3934

    I had to pay $1.50 to the University of Hawaii Library for some overdue books. Had I not done so, they would not have let me graduate.

      July 23, 2016 9:38 PM MDT
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  • 275

    We recently had a Library Page (student worker) that we had to let go because we found out she'd cancelled out over $150 worth of library fines for her friends.  That's considered the same as theft. 

    Being an employee of a library I have no excuse for turning things in late.  I'm there everyday. 

      July 23, 2016 9:39 PM MDT
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  • 130

    A good while back. I wrote them a check for 5 cents.

      July 23, 2016 9:40 PM MDT
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  • That was years and years ago.

    Of course I did; I had to; until we cleared our debt we weren't allowed to borrow.

      July 23, 2016 11:44 PM MDT
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  • I like to return books and tell them I want my money back.  :|

      July 23, 2016 11:45 PM MDT
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  • 19937

    I can't even remember when was the last time I took a book out of the library - probably when I was in middle school.  I read a lot, but buy my own paperback books.  I guess one of my eccentricities is not liking to read a book that someone else read first. 

      July 24, 2016 11:03 AM MDT
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  • 17596

    I have never had to pay a fine.  My daughter lost a book and the library charged $33.  I made her pay it out of her own money.  She was in high school and had a PT job.

      July 24, 2016 8:49 PM MDT
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  • 17596

    I'm the same way, except I like hard covers.  :)

      July 24, 2016 8:51 PM MDT
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  • 19937

    Hardcovers are heavy to bring back and forth from work and to hold while lying in bed reading.  I also don't have bookshelves to hold them anymore.  When I'm done, I ship them to a friend, she reads them along with her friends and family and then we send them to an organization that includes them in their care packages to the troops.

      July 24, 2016 8:57 PM MDT
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  • 457
    When I graduated HS a couple of months ago. I had overdue books, so when I got my diploma envelope, there was a bill and a note that said as soon as I turned in my books, I'd get my diploma. Hah whoops
      July 24, 2016 9:05 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    Haaahaa

    $1.50?

    My fine is 130.00

    It was more.   What happened was I took out some CD's when my mom became really sick, I started running back and forth taking her all over  and I forgot to return them.  My priorities were NOT about returning those CD's.  They charge an exorbitant amount.  Like $1 a day that each is over due.  Highway robbery.

    I'll give them a few bucks a week until it is paid.  If they don't like it, too bad.  I returned everything and they need to stop bugging me.    I was briefly chatting with CSV and he mentioned he organizes segments  the Library of Congress or something like that.  It inspired this question. 

      July 24, 2016 9:08 PM MDT
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  • 275

    I don't work for the Library of Congress.  The Library of Congress created the system of call numbers used in university libraries nowadays, because the Dewey Decimal system was too limited.

      July 25, 2016 8:37 PM MDT
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