How long have you waited to send overdue books?
By SomeCowgirl
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
United States
November 15, 2009 12:46pm CST
Well There's an article about a high school librarian and her shock! Fifty One Year old borrowed books were returned and a note explained that it was unintentional and a move out of state was the reason for their late return. It seems they were packed by mistake, and a $1000 check along with it to cover fines and excess if the fines had changed.
http://news.aol.com/article/overdue-library-books-returned-half/767523?icid=main|aim|dl1|link2|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Foverdue-library-books-returned-half%2F767523
That's the link. Have you ever returned an overdue library book whether it be from a public school or library? How long had it been overdue?
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4 responses
Thus no overdue books.
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
16 Nov 09
In Greece they don't have libraries? You learn something new everyday. I thought there were libraries everywhere.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
16 Nov 09
There is one library here in my rural area in the USA. In cities there seems to be two to five even! Surely in schools they have libraries though?
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@Hazelhk (7)
• United States
15 Dec 09
Wow.
Well as a student at High School I take long returning book to the library. One of the reaosns are that I'm to busy involved in somehting elsee that I forget to enter the library. I pass by it all the time. Another reason is that I just havent finished reading it or waiting some more days to write a reading project. But at the end I do returned them. The longest time was a whole year, only because I had forgotten about it when I was in fourth grade.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
20 Dec 09
A year isn't bad, not compared to the story in the article I mentioned! lol1
Thanks for responding, have a wonderful day, and welcome to mylot!
@AmbiePam (92511)
• United States
17 Nov 09
Good grief! At our library if the book wasn't back in a certain amount of time, the total a person would be charged would be the actual cost of the book and no more. They wouldn't keep charging fees, they'd just make us pay for the book in whole. I waited a year to return a library book, but by the time I returned it they had set up a new computer system. And they had no record of the book, or me checking it out. So I didn't have to pay anything, and didn't have to return the book. I didn't want the book though.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
2 Dec 09
It does seem a bit much to pay, and I am sure that it's different in different areas. It's better to just have to pay the cost of the book and nothing else, but I suppose the fees are what the libraries use to get more shelves and better copies of books.
@jswindell10 (417)
• United States
16 Nov 09
Sort of reminds me of a Married w/Children episode except Al Bundy wasn't paying any money he didn't have to. :))
I used to be an elementary school librarian and it is amazing how long fines can go on. The last time I checked, unpaid fines could affect graduation but since this is Los Angeles, who knows how well this is being enforced.
I once took more than 15 yrs to return a book. Actually, my mom checked out Green Eggs and Ham but never remembered to return it. Once I got old enough and was about to move away I just handed it to them and the lady at the checkout desk laughed.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
16 Nov 09
I used to watch Married With Children but don't anymore. I can't remember the episode of which you speak but I know how Al Bundy was he didn't want to spend money on nothing! lol! Wow 15 years? That's not too bad though, not compared to the article! Well I don't know if it affects Graduation here or not.
