http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/central/story/1-000-fine-paid-books-returned-to-library-after/kcJlNEWSDkStdi5Zi-n4bw.cspx
Overdue books are something that most all of us have had to deal with in our life time. In this case the notice was probably not getting sent to the offender of the overdue books. While I was reading on a news stations site abc15.com I came across a very interesting article about books that had been overdue nearly 50 years and then returned anonymously. This alone is crazy enough, but the sender/returnee of these books went over and beyond. He/she sent $1000 for the overdue fees. This person wrote a not to the school in which these books belonged and said that he/she had figures the books overdue costs at two cents a day and that figure would be roughly $745 because that was the going rate that they remembered that was in place at that time. He/she said if tat rate had changed then they hoped that the extra money would cover that rate. The librarian who initially got the package by priority mail said that she was just plain amazed by this act. She said that she couldn’t believe that someone would ever do such a nice thing. At the end of the note they wrote it said, “Sorry these were so late.” The librarian of this school said that these books will be on display for a couple of weeks and then be put back into circulation because they are in such great shape.
My first thought to this story was that this person is crazy. Then I began to think about it a bit and realized nice gestures like this are getting less frequent everyday. The person didn’t even want any recognition for the act that they did.
I thought that it was funny that the guy/girl gave some extra cash to make up for the difference if there was one in the fees for the overdue notices. I also wonder what books they were because they were never mentioned in this article. I wonder if this person was as surprised to find them as the librarian was who found them in the mail.
I hope we all learn a lesson from this person and return our books before they are late. I do wonder if in the future this person comes out and tells who they are.
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I found this article very interesting. If it was me, honestly, I would have thought "whats the point in returning them now." But not this person, he returned them anyway, with money to pay for the late fee. That is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI found the lateness of the books to be beyond rediculious. But I have not read such a sweet gesture as the fact they took the responsibility of oweing the school and paid their due's and then some. Intersting and enlightening story.
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