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this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026
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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!
I don't think you understand how libraries function. It's not Blockbuster
It's that libraries are already over-extended in terms of budget. Running up fines by depriving a library the only resources it has, books on shelves that people check out, only hurts the few people still using libraries.
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.
No, of course, not. but it ads insult to injury of a municipal service that already struggles to maintain a shoestring budget.
True.
And it's not like those fees don't cap before they hit a point where they'd be meaningful in that way.
Also not a good idea to piss off librarians though.
It is if you want them amgry enough to come after you, so you can do a meet~~cute~~barfight with them.
I’m pretty sure they don’t rely on fines to operate.
No, but their budgets are already shot. It ads insult to injury.