Global Courant 2023-04-30 03:46:29
He discovered that he had a large fine. And all for not having answered an email on time.
Procrastinating is the action that gave rise to the problem in this story. A woman discovered that she had a debt of 11 thousand dollars with a library in the United States. And all for not having answered an e-mail.
The protagonist of this event is called Hannah and is currently a doctoral student at an American university. On April 18, she shared a video on her @historyhan account where she talked about what happened to her.
Three years ago, in March 2020, according to her account, Hannah decided to reserve several books from her college library to study. In total, she took 119 copies to her house.
The young woman, during all this time, continued to keep all the books in her home. She once a year gives notice to the library to renew her loan. “I still have them until I’m done with my dissertation,” she said.
Email. The debt notice that arrived at his box. Photo: capture/@historyhan.
“My dissertation is about Clare of Assisi, the apocalyptic expectations and the participation of women in the crusades through prayer in the 13th and 14th centuries,” she added in this regard.
the mistake you made
In mid-April of this 2023, Hannah received an email that left her paralyzed. “I received an automatic e-mail informing me that all the books were classified as ‘lost’ and they fined me US$100 per copy,” she explained in conversation with the Daily Dot media. She therefore owed her a total of US$11,900.
A month ago, in March, she had been notified by the library to renew the loan that had just expired: all she had to do was write an email. That way, she avoided the fine.
However, Hannah, busy with other issues, chose to procrastinate that task. After 30 days of the important notification, the books were considered “lost”. And that’s how that debt came about.
Situation. The books you still treasure for academic purposes. Photo: capture/@historyhan.
Frightened by the large sum of money, and with good reason, the young woman got to work and contacted the authorities of the institution.
Fortunately, after talking with them, he managed to get the debt forgiven and the loan renewed. He ended up only paying a $20 fine for being late.
“The librarian who sent me this email must have felt so powerful,” Hannah joked in posting her video, which has racked up more than 300,000 views. “I learned my lesson, I promise,” said the doctoral student.
After the viralization of her post, hundreds of users were interested in Hannah’s anecdote and asked her more questions on the subject.
copies. He plans to return them once he is done with his dissertation. Photo: capture/@historyhan.
“How can it be that they let you pick up such a number of books?” asked an Internet user. “Here they allow us to reserve up to 200 books at the same time,” replied the protagonist.
“I think it’s wrong that you hoard so many books in your home for so long when other people probably want to use them too,” said one man.
Hannah immediately replied, “Other people can use those books! The library system allows students to request copies that are in use. If they need one, the person who requested it receives an email.” have to return it.” According to her, during those three years no one asked for the books she had in her possession.
