Guest
asked 3 years ago
2 Answers - Sort by: Date | Rating
Rather than ruin your character and do something unethical and illegal, why not plead mercy, tell the librarian you are in a financial bind if you are and ask them to reduce the fine.
If you can afford it, than be a person of integrity and own up to you mistake and pay the fine.
If you can afford it, than be a person of integrity and own up to you mistake and pay the fine.
1
0
To get out of a library fine can be a really annoying process and my solution is sneaky, bad, wrong and extremely successful. I object to libraries funding themselves through the fine system.
It's a very simply process. Go to the library with your overdue books. Put them back on the shelves, roughly where they should be, be careful not to be seen.
Next, leave the library for a couple of hours. Return to the library with a family member or colleague and complain to the library that you are being fined for books that you have already returned. The librarians will huff and puff and may blow the house down but they'll swear to goodness that their bar code/computer/ticket system works flawlessly (and we all know computers and their human operators NEVER get things wrong).
In frustration ask your colleague, friend or family member to go and look for the book whilst you stay and argue with the librarian. Sure enough, your stool pigeon will return with the book.
If you have a partner in on the deal, skip most of this and just have your friend return with the book (which they have now taken out of their bag).
It's worked on many times for me, be careful and it can work for you too (not at the same library).
It's a very simply process. Go to the library with your overdue books. Put them back on the shelves, roughly where they should be, be careful not to be seen.
Next, leave the library for a couple of hours. Return to the library with a family member or colleague and complain to the library that you are being fined for books that you have already returned. The librarians will huff and puff and may blow the house down but they'll swear to goodness that their bar code/computer/ticket system works flawlessly (and we all know computers and their human operators NEVER get things wrong).
In frustration ask your colleague, friend or family member to go and look for the book whilst you stay and argue with the librarian. Sure enough, your stool pigeon will return with the book.
If you have a partner in on the deal, skip most of this and just have your friend return with the book (which they have now taken out of their bag).
It's worked on many times for me, be careful and it can work for you too (not at the same library).
0
0
How often do you ask and answer your own question?
You object to libraries funding themselves through your late fees?! You are aware that it is otherwise a FREE and PUBLIC SERVICE? That if they let us keep these public items indefinetly we wld not return them...ever. What other system besides money do you recommend they adopt? Time-out? Vinnie at your front door? I gotta pay fines all the time, but I at least acknowledge its my negligence to return the public's property that causes the fine. Your objection is self-serving.
- How Much Is A $20.00 Confederate Note Worth?
- How Does Obesity Affect Unemployed?
- How To Write A Letter About Credit Card?
- How To Ensure The Michigan Unemployment Should Not Fail?
- How Much Is A Mike Ditka Rookie Card Worth?
- What Is The Socioeconomic Status Of Ruskin Florida?
- How Long Do You Have To Work Before Collecting Unemployment And How Much Money Do You Have To Make?
- Now Obama Has Signed The Bill Passing Unemployment Extension. How Long Will It Take To Go Into Effect And Who Is Eligible?
- I Have An Extension For My Unemployment But My Year Runs Out Before My Extension ,do I Still Continue My Extension?
- How Much Are Us Postal Rates For Letters?
- How Do You Apply For An Extension? I've Looked Online Tryed Calling And I'm Not Getting A Answer
- How Was Santa Ana Found?
- What Is A 1993 Single Wide 14' X 56" 3/2 Worth? Every Website I Check Wants To Charge $20 For That Info. Thanks..................
- What Are The Highest Paying Careers In Marketing?
- How Long Has A Roth Ira Been An Investment Option?
- Where Could I Go To Apply For A Job On Oil Rigs?
- When Was Incarceration First Used As A Form Of Correction?
- How Can I Ask My Salary In A Nice Way?
- How Can I Ask My Salary?
- Why Aren't 8 To 15 Year Olds Aloud Pocket Money?
- What Part Of The Third Workers Time Should Be Budgeted To This Project?
- How Much A Baker Get Income For A Year?
- How Much Do Actresses Get Paid A Year?
- How Much Money Does And Actor Get Paid?
- Do You Offer A Regular Phone For A Person In A Nursing Home?
New Comment - Comments are editable for 5 min.