Meanwhile, in libraries: "I'm being laid off? WHY? No budget for so many staff? But I'm only part time, I don't even get health insurance... PLEASE, I'll lose my house!"
lol, good job, OP - really stuck it to the man!
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I’m pretty sure they don’t rely on fines to operate.
Using your free library card to rent free things and returning them without paying a late fee isn't going to get anyone laid off or any library closed.
It’s all fun and games until a W40K librarian turns up
For those unfamiliar:
Jealous. My library fines aren't outstanding, just kind of ok.
You could even say that they are just fine
Steven King has a short story called The Library Policemen. You should use this as a reference.
Ook.
Most systems are fine free now. What are you on about? Librarians don't have time for your nonsense.
Seattle is and they'll let you use their excellent online services all over the country to counteract the far right nutjobs:
https://www.spl.org/using-the-library/manage-your-account/no-late-fines
If items are one month overdue, we will bill you for the replacement cost.
I mean... I get it, but that sound like a fee to me.
I guess I was remembering them zeroing out everyone's fines before switching to this system.
Mine has fined but they excuse them every time if you bring things back so it's basically fine free although on paper its not.
Are they really? How does that work if someone returns books way late or never? Is there a point that they get charged the full amount?
Fine free if you return the materials. Otherwise, you’re blocked from checking out materials if you hit a certain amount ($10+ usually, depends on the library). There is a likely chance that they’ll work with you to reduce it and Unless you owe hundreds of dollars, you’re probably getting your account deleted in ~5 years so that’s also a sort of forgiveness.
I have cards in 3 library systems. They all work this way:
Each system requires a yearly card renewal, you have to physically go into a branch to renew, although they do have accommodations for disabilities and stuff. If you have not returned a book or have way overdue books, you will be unable to renew your card unless you return the overdue ones. The only fees I have are if I were to lose a book and it needs to be replaced.
What is this format? I can't tell who is responding to whom.
The white region in the middle looks like it was put there as a screen shot by the person who wrote the bounty hunter part, but then it looks like it is also supposed to be responding to that part, but there are no details on the bottom part about which accounts are talking or when.
I guess it's all just one person's joke presented as if it's a conversation. But why not put in minimal effort to make it look the tiniest bit real?
I'm guessing whoever took the screenshot cropped out the part where the OP reblogged their own post to add the screenshot of the reply they got.