Turns out my book was almost overdue and they were warning me that they ‘no longer charge fines for overdue books.’ Ooh! No fine. Whatever can I do? After a while though, the words seemed quite menacing. I mean, if they don’t fine you, what do they do? I played safe and returned the book. I asked reception to help me renew the book. Oddly, given the technological age in which we live, they still have an ink pad and a hand-held date stamper. The librarian stamped my book. Then paused when handing... Read this story
