Library fines
I love the library. I can sit in the library for hours and when I was a nanny of three kids, I did. And it was the best part of my job. The kids would do whatever they did (have I mentioned I don’t want nor necessarily like children, yah. My charges would run free like barn swallows.) and I would sit in a chair and read â€" I never said I was a good nanny, I was a kick-ass nanny. Anyways I’d read like it was going out of style. Or look for books to potentially read. Or research books that I could read and learn something from. I love to read.
I haven’t been to the library since I was a nanny because I was afraid I had racked up some major fines. When I got my nanny gig, I got a new card only to find out I had over $90 worth of old fines I didn’t realize I had accumulated. I guess I had lost a book. Or three. Possibly more, I can’t remember. And they may have been SAT preparatory books or ASVAB books. Since I haven’t been in a while, I have been reluctant to go in and get a new library card (lost it) and pay my fines so I may once again read free books. Instead I have been purchasing books, but that goes against my new-found frugality. What a waste. I plow through a novel in two days if it’s good, it’s not a good investment to purchase new books. I had intentions of making my way to the local 2nd hand book store, but they don’t have inventory lists, and I’d still be forking out precious dough, and they are like, a 20 minute bus ride. I prefer not to leave my house for any reason with exception to work and the gym, although the latter has been losing to my lazy, not-wanting-to-leave mentality. Food is also up there, but I much prefer to eat in. Anyway. Procrastination aside, I bit the bullet and called the library. I was fine-tuning my upcoming pay-period budget and wanted to see the lure of the library was worth reducing my $200 worth of excess cash to pay some fines. I was hoping to negotiate with the stiff lipped librarian, perhaps softening her up a little, swearing to a payment plan and first born (ha-ha! She’ll be gullible of course) in exchange of library right before my entire debt is paid. I’m really fiending for some free literature! I call, explain I don’t know if they closed my account, I may have fines, I would like to start making payments, blah blah blah. A baffled man (where’s the snotty and elderly lady with her hair in a bun?) said I could make as many payments as I want for the $1.10 fine, the library’s fine system doesn’t require a regulated repayment plan and I can use my account immediately if I want. I will be charged $1.00 for the replacement card, which of course I can pay off in the future.
I am a dork. But a dork with access to free books!
I haven’t been to the library since I was a nanny because I was afraid I had racked up some major fines. When I got my nanny gig, I got a new card only to find out I had over $90 worth of old fines I didn’t realize I had accumulated. I guess I had lost a book. Or three. Possibly more, I can’t remember. And they may have been SAT preparatory books or ASVAB books. Since I haven’t been in a while, I have been reluctant to go in and get a new library card (lost it) and pay my fines so I may once again read free books. Instead I have been purchasing books, but that goes against my new-found frugality. What a waste. I plow through a novel in two days if it’s good, it’s not a good investment to purchase new books. I had intentions of making my way to the local 2nd hand book store, but they don’t have inventory lists, and I’d still be forking out precious dough, and they are like, a 20 minute bus ride. I prefer not to leave my house for any reason with exception to work and the gym, although the latter has been losing to my lazy, not-wanting-to-leave mentality. Food is also up there, but I much prefer to eat in. Anyway. Procrastination aside, I bit the bullet and called the library. I was fine-tuning my upcoming pay-period budget and wanted to see the lure of the library was worth reducing my $200 worth of excess cash to pay some fines. I was hoping to negotiate with the stiff lipped librarian, perhaps softening her up a little, swearing to a payment plan and first born (ha-ha! She’ll be gullible of course) in exchange of library right before my entire debt is paid. I’m really fiending for some free literature! I call, explain I don’t know if they closed my account, I may have fines, I would like to start making payments, blah blah blah. A baffled man (where’s the snotty and elderly lady with her hair in a bun?) said I could make as many payments as I want for the $1.10 fine, the library’s fine system doesn’t require a regulated repayment plan and I can use my account immediately if I want. I will be charged $1.00 for the replacement card, which of course I can pay off in the future.
I am a dork. But a dork with access to free books!
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