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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Meanwhile, in libraries: "I'm being laid off? WHY? No budget for so many staff? But I'm only part time, I don't even get health insurance... PLEASE, I'll lose my house!"

lol, good job, OP - really stuck it to the man!

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

True.

And it's not like those fees don't cap before they hit a point where they'd be meaningful in that way.

Also not a good idea to piss off librarians though.

It is if you want them amgry enough to come after you, so you can do a meet~~cute~~barfight with them.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

No, of course, not. but it ads insult to injury of a municipal service that already struggles to maintain a shoestring budget.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure they don’t rely on fines to operate.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

No, but their budgets are already shot. It ads insult to injury.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think you understand how libraries function. It's not Blockbuster

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's that libraries are already over-extended in terms of budget. Running up fines by depriving a library the only resources it has, books on shelves that people check out, only hurts the few people still using libraries.