Showing posts with label amnesty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label amnesty. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

"Guilt Ridden" Patron Returns Book 24 Years Late

Donna Corpus of Portsmouth, VA took advantage of a library amnesty program to return a book 24 years late.  She originally checked out the book, Butterflies Are Free to help with a play addition.  According to this article, the book wound up in a box marked "pictures" and left the woman "guilt ridden." Under the amnesty program, Corpus donated food in place of the fine. The book will probably be placed back in circulation.  UPI

And that's all that happened.  Nothing dramatic, no claiming of hospitalization, no fights to the death to claim that she renewed it over 600 times.  Just a donated food bath to wash all the sins away, huh?  Despicable.