05-23-2011, 01:56 AM
Hi,
That's fair enough, if the "charges" are the fines plus the cost of replacing the book. But the article said nothing about paying for the books, just for the late fees. A $170 fine and she gets to keep the books? Sign me up for that; there are monographs I want that cost almost twice that (maybe more -- it's been a while since I checked). Maybe I should check them out and keep them until the Kent cops drag me off to jail.
If you need one, then indeed it is sad. But if you don't, then I envy you, to live someplace where crime is a abstract concept.
--Pete
(05-22-2011, 10:55 PM)LavCat Wrote: Actually our policy is that if someone pays the charges for lost, never returned, or damaged books; they get to keep them.
That's fair enough, if the "charges" are the fines plus the cost of replacing the book. But the article said nothing about paying for the books, just for the late fees. A $170 fine and she gets to keep the books? Sign me up for that; there are monographs I want that cost almost twice that (maybe more -- it's been a while since I checked). Maybe I should check them out and keep them until the Kent cops drag me off to jail.
(05-22-2011, 10:55 PM)LavCat Wrote: Sadly the town here doesn't have a police force.
If you need one, then indeed it is sad. But if you don't, then I envy you, to live someplace where crime is a abstract concept.
--Pete
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