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MIButterfly

(2,844 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2026, 02:40 AM Wednesday

I took an overdue book back to the library on Monday [View all]

It was due March 29 and I brought it back on April 6. My account said it was two weeks overdue. March 29 to April 6 is eight days, not two weeks. Since the library was closed for three days for Easter, technically it was only five days overdue. I brought that to the attention of the librarian and she looked up my account but couldn't figure out why it said two weeks so she went and got her supervisor who couldn't figure it out either and told me she was "going to look into it."

Whatever.

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I took an overdue book back to the library on Monday [View all] MIButterfly Wednesday OP

Its arithmetic Historic NY Wednesday #1

How much was the massive overdue penalty they could not let go? Norrrm Wednesday #2

Nothing MIButterfly Wednesday #5

If they accumulate fees by weeks, 8 days spans two weeks. forgotmylogin Wednesday #3

Fines accrue daily. intheflow Wednesday #4

My local library doesn't charge late fees for regular books, only for specialty materials MIButterfly Wednesday #7

Good for you , MIButterfly. debm55 Thursday #12

our library stopped charging late fees ages ago. nt yellowdogintexas 15 hrs ago #20

My local library only charges late fees for specialty materials, not regular books. MIButterfly Wednesday #6

They probably upgraded the system to use AI nuxvomica Wednesday #8

LOL! MIButterfly Wednesday #9

My library automatically renews books mnhtnbb Thursday #10

My library also automatically renews books unless they're HITS MIButterfly Thursday #11

I have a library joke..... IcyPeas Thursday #13

LOL! MIButterfly Thursday #14

You have some work to do, MIButterfly True Dough Thursday #15

Holy cow! MIButterfly Thursday #16

I returned 2 books in the Berwyn library book drop and one got lost Beringia Yesterday #17

That's terrible. MIButterfly Yesterday #18

Thanks Beringia 21 hrs ago #19