[SamAdams76]

Not sure if this is the right message to send. Where do we draw the line? Can somebody just not return books for months or years at a time and have the fines forgiven?

I've been using the library most of my life and there were times I'd drive there in bad weather in order to get the books back on time. Not so much to avoid the fine but out of courtesy for others who might be waiting on the book to be returned so they can borrow it next.

[CheneyClone]

“Can somebody just not return books for months or years at a time and have the fines forgiven? “

My wife works in a public library in suburban MD. Yes, it happens all the time. Up to $75 in fines are all but forgiven. At $75 the fines are turned over to a collection agency.

[fr_freak]

I've been using the library most of my life and there were times I'd drive there in bad weather in order to get the books back on time. Not so much to avoid the fine but out of courtesy for others who might be waiting on the book to be returned so they can borrow it next.

Ha! That is such a white patriarchal way of thinking. You meticulously built all of these public libraries, white man, now it is time you allowed all of the non-white people to come in and take what they want. You don't want to be a racist, do you?

[ChildOfThe60s]

Not so much to avoid the fine but out of courtesy for others who might be waiting on the book to be returned

Ha ha. Courtesy? Boy are you dumb. Let 'em wait.....months if it's too inconvenient to return the book.....at all