Woman Jailed for Failing to Return Books

And I thought my local librarians were strict!

There HAS to be more to it than that... how much did she owe? How many books did she have out? LOL

Once I had a book, I lost, I finally found it.. but I ACTUALLY got a letter from the District Attorney's office about my $40 fine! :blink: I paid it.. but all i could think was that these people are NUTS :bash:

It killed me to pay the $23 fine I had last month. I can't imagine they'd put someone in jail over $23 though. :erm:

I once had a $50 fine - I couldn't get anything out of the library for about 6 months until I could finally pay it. :scream:

I knew there was a reason for so many people to join Bookcrossing when we have such well stocked libraries. No fines for taking your time to send a book!!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl:

Thanks goodness I have me own library in my house! I never have to borrow from a library again! :rofl:

That beats out the 2003 record according to a Guinness book I have here -- a woman from Florida spent 8 hours in jail before someone managed to post bail for her on a fine that was worth 78 british pounds, though I wouldn't know how much that was in American dollars.

Wow! those librarians take their stuff seriously. I know our ones rarely have a smile or a word for you :angry2: